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Jean Cocteau

1889-1963

Famous French poet, novelist, playwright, film director and
essayist Jean Cocteau was also a talented drawer and a painter. 
Maintaining poet’s vocation he strived to depict his imagery
vision in the visual arts.
The exhibition highlights this peculiarity of the painter Cocteau,
a tireless experimenter and an inspirational leader of many
artistic movements of the epoch.
The exhibited tapestry is a token of the artist’s rich colorful
palette, fascinating artistry, through which he carried out his
ideas in decorative art.

Art is a marriage of
the conscious and the
unconscious. — C O C T E A U
DETAIL: The Greek

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