Jean Tinguely
Painting, Visual Artist
1925 – 1991
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Who was Jean Tinguely?
Jean Tinguely was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics. Tinguely's art satirized the mindless overproduction of material goods in advanced industrial society.
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- Born
- May 22, 1925
Fribourg - Also known as
- Jean-Paul Tinguely
- Parents
- Spouses
- Niki de Saint Phalle
(1971/07/13 - 1991/08/30) - Eva Aeppli
(1951/05/10 - 1960)
- Niki de Saint Phalle
- Children
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Profession
- Lived in
- Fribourg
- Died
- Aug 30, 1991
Bern
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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