Editing Pierre Alechinsky (section)

==Art career==
In 1949, he joined [[Christian Dotremont]], [[Karel Appel]], [[Constant (artist)|Constant]], [[Jan Nieuwenhuys]], and [[Asger Jorn]] to form the art group [[COBRA (avant-garde movement)|COBRA]]. He participated both with the COBRA exhibitions and went to Paris to study engraving at [[Atelier 17]] under the guidance of [[Stanley William Hayter]] in 1951.

In 1954, he had his first exhibition in Paris and started to become interested in Chinese and Japanese calligraphy. In the early 1950s he was the Paris correspondent for the Japanese journal [[Bokubi]] (the Beauty of Ink) published by [[Morita Shiryū|Morita Shiryu]] of the [[Bokujinkai]] group. In 1955, encouraged by [[Henri Storck]] and [[Luc de Heusch]], he left for Japan with his wife. He exhibited Night, 1952 ([[Ohara Museum of Art]], Kurashiki) and made a film: Japanese Calligraphy – Christian Dotremont would write the commentary with music by [[André Souris]].

[[File:Pierre Alechinsky Le Bruit de la Chute 1974-75.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Le Bruit de la Chute'', 1974–75]]

By 1960, he had exhibited in London, [[Bern]], and at the [[Venice Biennial]], and then in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], New York City, Amsterdam, and [[Silkeborg]] as his international reputation grew.

He worked with [[Walasse Ting]] and continued to be close to [[Christian Dotremont]]. He also developed links with [[André Breton]].

His international career continued throughout the seventies and by 1983 he became Professor of painting at the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts]], Paris. For the season 2018/2019 at the [[Vienna State Opera]] Pierre Alechinsky designed the large-scale picture (176 sqm) ''Loin d'ici'' as part of the exhibition series ''Safety Curtain'', conceived by [[museum in progress]].<ref name="Safety Curtain by Pierre Alechinsky">[https://www.mip.at/creations/eiserner-vorhang-2018-2019 "Safety Curtain 2018/2019"], [[museum in progress]], Vienna.</ref>