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Jacques Germain (1915\u20132001) was a French painter and a key figure in post-war Lyrical Abstraction. He studied at the Acad\u00e9mie Moderne under Fernand L\u00e9ger and Am\u00e9d\u00e9e 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. 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