PIERRE FERNANDEZ ARMAN - Biography
ARMAND PIERRE FERNANDEZ, Known as ARMAN (NICE, NOVEMBER 17, 1928 - NEW YORK, OCTOBER 22, 2005), WAS A FRENCH PAINTER AND SCULPTOR.
HE STUDY AT THE ÉCOLE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS IN NICE, WHERE HE MET YVES KLEIN, AND THEN AT THE ÉCOLE DU LOUVRE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NOUVEAU RÉALISME GROUP.
A VERY FAMOUS AND HIGH QUALITY ARTIST, IT WAS USUAL TO INSERT BREAKING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN HIS CANVAS. VERY IMPORTANT THE PERIOD OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WHICH COULD BE ACCUMULATIONS OF SHOES, COINS, WATCHES, BRUSHES, TUBES OF COLOR, ETC .; ALSO TO REMEMBER HIS SCULPTUR WORKS, IN GENERAL BRONZE, WHICH REPRESENTED THE SAME SUBJECTS OF THE CANVAS.
HE IS BURIED AT THE PÈRE-LACHAISE CEMETERY IN PARIS. ON HIS TOMB HE HAD WRITTEN THE BEFFARDA EPIGRAPH "ENFIN SEUL!" (FINALLY ONLY).
