Editing Pierre Alechinsky (section)

==Life==
Alechinsky was born in [[Schaerbeek]], Belgium, to a [[Russian Jews|Russian Jewish]] father and a Belgian [[Walloons|Walloon]] mother.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dotremont |first1=Christian |title=L'arbre et l'arme, et autres textes sur Pierre Alechinsky |date=2007 |publisher=Galilée |isbn=9782718607498 |page=45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGZHAQAAIAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Magazine littéraire Issues 295-300 |year=1992 |publisher=Magazine littéraire |page=168 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KsYHAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> In 1944, he attended the [[La Cambre|l'École nationale supérieure d'Architecture et des Arts décoratifs de La Cambre]], Brussels where he studied illustration techniques, printing, and photography. In 1945, he discovered the work of [[Henri Michaux]], [[Jean Dubuffet]] and developed a friendship with the art critic [[Jacques Putman]].