Groupe Espace

Groupe Espace was a French avant-garde artistic movement between 1951 and 1960.^[1] The group was founded by architect André Bloc in 1951 and members associated with the journal Art d'Aujourd'hui [Art Today]. Their purpose was to create a new environment appropriate to modern society. They envisaged art as a social phenomenon - not an individual one.

Members of the group included Jean Dewasne [fr], Jean Gorin, Jean Messagier, Jean Le Moal, Edgard Pillet [fr], Erno Goldfinger, Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Frits Glamer, Gianni Monnet [it], Gualtiero Nativi [it], Nicolaas Warb and Nicolas Schöffer.^[2]

There was also the London Branch of Groupe Espace from 1953 to 1959, founded by Paule Vézelay.^[3]^[4]

^ Petersen, Stephen (2015). "The Dynamics of "Space" in Postwar Art "Le Groupe Espace" and "Arte Spaziale"". Saggi e Memorie di Storia dell'arte. 39: 226–237. JSTOR 44843851.
^ Chilvers, Ian (2009). A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2nd Ed). Oxford University Press. pp. 291–292. ISBN 978-0-19-923965-8.
^ Fowler, Alan (2007). "A Forgotten British Constructivist Group: The London Branch of Groupe Espace, 1953-59". The Burlington Magazine. 149 (1248): 173–179. JSTOR 20074761.
^ Cite error: The named reference fowler was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Peterson-1] Petersen, Stephen (2015). "The Dynamics of "Space" in Postwar Art "Le Groupe Espace" and "Arte Spaziale"". Saggi e Memorie di Storia dell'arte. 39: 226–237. JSTOR 44843851.

[2] Chilvers, Ian (2009). A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2nd Ed). Oxford University Press. pp. 291–292. ISBN 978-0-19-923965-8.

[Fowler-3] Fowler, Alan (2007). "A Forgotten British Constructivist Group: The London Branch of Groupe Espace, 1953-59". The Burlington Magazine. 149 (1248): 173–179. JSTOR 20074761.

[fowler-4] Cite error: The named reference fowler was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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