Serge Brignoni
1903–2002
also spelled: Sergio Brignoni
- Born
- 1903, Switzerland
- Died
- 2002, Switzerland
- Gender
- Male
- Studio eras
- Years of affiliation (if known)
- Listed in
- Moser Appendix (1977)
- Tate Roster book (1952–88)
Atelier 17 group shows 11
- 1934Exhibition of Engravings and Etchings by Anthony Gross, S. W. Hayter, Joseph Hecht, Max Ernst, S. Brignoni, D. Husband, A. Szenes, J. Trevelyan, L. Vargas
Leicester Galleries, London, United Kingdom · February 1934
Notes and sources
Sources
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Engravings and Etchings by Anthony Gross, S. W. Hayter, Joseph Hecht, Max Ernst, S. Brignoni, D. Husband, A. Szenes, J. Trevelyan, L. Vargas. Exhibition catalogue, Exhibition no. 570. London: Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, February 1934.
- 1935Le groupe de l’Atelier 17
Galerie Pierre, Paris, France · until May 25, 1935
Notes and sources
Hayter's preface for this exhibition, signed "H.," was located in Swedish translation in the journal Konstrevy (1935) by James Chadwick. It names 22 exhibiting artists and describes the plaster-relief method alongside paper prints.
About the exhibiting artists
The preface, signed "H." (Hayter), lists 22 exhibitors and was published in Swedish in Konstrevy (1935). A review in L'Intransigeant (May 26, 1935) singles out Brignoni, Vieillard, Vulliamy and Catherine Yarrow and names Dalí and Ernst as the group's two influences. Konstrevy gives Buckland Wright's first name as "Frank"; linked here to John Buckland-Wright.
Sources
Stanley William Hayter, letter to Julian Trevelyan, March 7, [1935], TREJ 16_19, Papers of Julian Otto Trevelyan, Trinity College, Cambridge University. In this letter, Hayter describes the show and lists the potential and confirmed exhibitors.
H. [S. W. Hayter], "Le groupe de l'atelier 17," Konstrevy 11 (1935): 155–57.
"Paris Notes," Axis 3 (July 1935): 28.
https://monoskop.org/images/3/34/Axis_3_Jul_1935.pdf"L'Exposition de l'Atelier 17," La Bete Noir, 1 June 1935: 4.
https://rapportgallica.bnf.fr/recherche?query=%28dc.identifier%20all%20%22bpt6k5569781h%22%29%20and%20%28gallica%20adj%20%22%22EXPOSITION%20DE%20L%27ATELIER%2017%22%22%29&aig=2&mb=5&lang=frLa Semaine à Paris, May 17, 1935, 46.
Marguerite Jouve, "Expositions," L'Intransigeant (Paris), May 26, 1935, 4. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7947577
- 1936Le groupe de l’Atelier 17 de Paris
Kunstzaal De Gulden Roos, Maastricht, The Netherlands · May 17 to June 7, 1936
Traveled to
- Kunstzaal “My Home”, The Hague, The Netherlands · July 4 to July 25, 1936
Notes and sources
Sources
Le Groupe de l'Atelier 17 de Paris. Exhibition catalogue. Maastricht: Kunstzaal "De Gulden Roos," 1936.
"Tentoonstelling van gravures van Le Groupe de l'Atelier 17 de Paris" [advertisement], Advertentieblad voor Limburg (Maastricht), May 22, 1936.
- 1937Výstava skupiny pařížských grafiků “Atelier 17”
Spolek Výtvarných Umělců Mánes, Prague, Czechoslovakia · January to February 1937
Notes and sources
Thank you to Katarina Kyselica, Principal at KADS New York, who retrieved this catalogue from the library of the Prague National Gallery. The hosting venue, SVU Manes, was founded in 1887 as an artists association and is still active today.
Sources
Výstava skupiny pařížských grafiků "Atelier 17." Exhibition catalogue. Prague: Spolek výtvarných umělců Mánes, 1937.
- 1952St. W. Hayter – Grafisch Werk, Boekillustraties / Atelier 17
Stedelijk Kunstsalon Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium · May 24 to June 11, 1952
Notes and sources
Sources
St. W. Hayter: Grafisch werk, boekillustraties; Atelier 17. Introduction by John Trouillard. Exhibition catalogue. Antwerp: Stedelijk Kunstsalon, 1952.
- 1953Quelques Graveurs Contemporains autour de l’Atelier 17
Kunsthandel Martinet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · November 26 to December 23, 1953
Traveled to
- Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium · January 9 to January 20, 1954
- ‘t Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands · February 27 to March 27, 1954
- Nordisk Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark · May 20, 1954
- Galleria Numero Redazione, Florence, Italy · December 16, 1954 to January 5, 1955
Notes and sources
This show’s checklist changed over the various venues.
Hayter also attempted to bring this show to Paris at the Musée de Luxembourg, but it was refused:
https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/consultationIR.action?consIr=&frontIr=&optionFullText=&fullText=&defaultResultPerPage=&irId=FRAN_IR_053971&formCaller=GENERALISTE&gotoArchivesNums=false&auSeinIR=false&details=true&page=&udId=c1vb03hgzj12--d6voacimgb8mSources
Exhibition poster, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/23/1.
- 1955Kunstnere tilknyttet Atelier 17
Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway · December 9 to December 31, 1955
Traveled to
- Bergens Billedgalleri, Bergen, Norway · January to February 1956
- Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway · March 1956
Notes and sources
About the exhibiting artists
Marc Chagall, Pierre Courtin, Anthony Gross, Joseph Hecht, André Masson, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, and Jacques Villon were listed as "Invités à l'honneur."
Sources
Atelier 17: Nasjonalgalleriet, Bergens Billedgalleri, Stavanger Kunstforening. Preface by S. W. Hayter. Exhibition catalogue. Oslo: Nasjonalgalleriet, 1955.
- 1956Atelier 17
Galerie Colibri, Malmö, Sweden · March 22 to April 1, 1956
Notes and sources
This exhibition was organized by the Sturegalleriet, Stockholm. It is possible, but not confirmed, that it was part of the traveling exhibition started in 1953 at the Kunsthandel Martinet.
Sources
Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/22/1.
- 1962Hayter and Atelier 17, 1927-1962
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom · June 15 to July 14, 1962
Notes and sources
Sources
Hayter and Atelier 17, 1927-1962 (London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1962).
- 1963S. W. Hayter e l’Atelier 17
Galleria de’ Foscherari, Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy · May 25 to June 13, 1963
Notes and sources
The exhibition in Bologna was organized "con la gentile collaborazione" ("with the kind collaboration") of Galerie du Dragon in Paris. It is not yet known if the show was also on view in Paris before or after its run in Bologna.
Sources
S. W. Hayter e l'Atelier 17, ed. Andrea Emiliani (Bologna: Galleria de' Foscherari, 1963).
- 1967S. W. Hayter et l’Atelier 17
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium · February 18 to March 12, 1967
Notes and sources
About the exhibiting artists
The catalogue lists Marcel Duchamp's Les deux Frères (no. 20) in the Paris 1927–1939 section, but there is as yet no evidence that Duchamp participated in Atelier 17 during the prewar period.
Sources
S. W. Hayter et l'Atelier 17 (Charleroi: Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1967); exhibition invitation, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/202/1.