To me art is a form of manifest revolt, total and complete.
Jean Tinguely Quotes
Showing all quotesJean Tinguely (2)
Birth: | 22nd May, 1925 |
Death: | 30th August, 1991 |
Nationality: | Swiss |
Profession: | Sculptor |
About
Jean Tinguely was born in Fribourg, Switzerland. He was a Swiss sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics. He grew up in Basel, but moved to France in 1952 with his first wife, Swiss artist Eva Aeppli, to pursue a career in art. His best-known work, a self-destroying sculpture titled Homage to New York, only partially self-destructed at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. His public works list shown below: Chaos I, Columbus, Indiana; Stravinsky Fountain, Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Tinguely Fountain, Basel.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 22nd February
Births
- 1838 - Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
- 1846 - Josephine K. Henry
- 1949 - Niki Lauda
- 1879 - Norman Lindsay
- 1968 - Jayson Williams
Deaths
- 2004 - Paul Gruchow
- 1978 - Phyllis McGinley
- 1992 - Saul Gorn
- 1816 - Adam Ferguson
- 1904 - Leslie Stephen
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
Love Quotes
Anger Quotes
Attitude Quotes
Children Quotes
Clever Quotes
Birthday Quotes
Failure Quotes
Father Quotes
Gift Quotes
Goal Quotes
Health Quotes
Insult Quotes
Past Quotes
Perfection Quotes
Society Quotes
Truth Quotes
Youth Quotes
Education Quotes
Work Quotes
Technology Quotes
Sports Quotes
Intelligence Quotes
History Quotes
Compromise Quotes
Democracy Quotes
Expectations Quotes
Ideals Quotes
Justice Quotes
Respect Quotes
Influence Quotes
About Quoteswave
Quoteswave have collection of famous quotes and sayings by popular authors. We have biggest database of famous proverbs and quotes with images. We have categorized all quotes with different topics and tags like love quotes, inspirational, motivational, life, friendship, success, smile, achievement and belief quotes. Everyone love good meaningful quotes so share famous picture quotes with your friends and loved one.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.

Share with your friends