James Coignard
Born in Tours, France in 1925, the abstract artist James Coignard studied at the Ecole des Arts DÈcoratifs in Nice, and later apprenticed under the well-known painter Marchand des Raux.
It was a great pleasure to represent James as his dealer, publisher, agent and friend. He was a very special friend and will be missed.
Technique & Process
In both his mixed media on canvas and his works on paper, James Coignard is known for his technical versatility. Coignard achieves a deep, heavy texture as a distinctive trait in his art.
The carborundum process of printmaking was developed by Henri Goetz in the 1960’s. Goetz taught Miro, Max Papart, Clave, Coignard and others the use of carborundum for printmaking.
The heavy texture achieved in both his paintings and works on paper is an important signature of Coignard’s work. He worked in many mediums including painting on canvas and on paper, Carborundum Gravures on hand-made paper, as well as sculpture in metal and glass.
Coignard worked intensively in what he termed “Gesture Painting”, some times spending many months creating series of paintings and graphics that are both powerful and beautiful.
“The painter is, like everybody, witness of his time… I focus in my paintings on the anguishes and aggression's of mankind by my gesture of anger, dynamism and also of hope.”
U.S. Museum Collections
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York,
- High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
- Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
- La Jolla Art Center, La Jolla, California
- Museum of San Diego, San Diego, California
- Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix. Arizona
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- University of Alabama, Alabama
- University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
- University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
- Syracuse University, New York
- Colgate University, New York, New York
- Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Historical Society of Montana, Montana
- Lincoln University, Oxford, Pennsylvania
- Glassboro State College, New JerseyNew Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Finch College, New York, New York
- Wilmington College, Ohio
- Jamestown College, North Dakota
- Eastern Montana College, Montana
- Belhaven Collection, North Carolina
- Jackson and Mississippi College, Mississippi
- Fulton Montgomery College, New York
- Northwood Institute, Michigan
International Museum Collections:
- British Museum, London, England
- Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
- Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
- Kunst Museum, Soest, Germany
- Musée de Saint Denis, France
- Musée de Dimona, Israel
- Bibliotheque Municipale, Nice, France
- Bibliotheque Municipale, Tours, France
- Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Luxembourg
- Musée de l’Abbaye de Sainte Croix, Les Sables d’Olonne, France
- Dublin Museum, Dublin, Ireland
- South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
Partial List of Corporate Collections:
- General Foods
- Pepsico
- RCA
- Mercedes-Benz
- Xerox