artist/ Germain

France

Jacques Germain (1915–2001) was a French painter and a key figure in post-war Lyrical Abstraction. He studied at the Académie Moderne under Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant, and later at the Bauhaus in Dessau with Wassily Kandinsky, becoming the only French student at the school. After spending three years as a prisoner during World War II, he fully devoted himself to abstract painting. His works are known for their dynamic compositions, intricate interlacing lines, and rich color harmonies, often created with a palette knife. Germain exhibited alongside artists like Jean Arp, Hans Hartung, and Georges Mathieu, and his art is held in major public collections such as the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris and the Centre Pompidou.