Armand Bouten

Armand Bouten (1893 - 1965)

Armand Bouten was born in Venlo (the Netherlands) in 1893. Bouten starts his studies at art school in Amsterdam in 1912.

 

Armand Bouten lives in Paris around 1923 where he meets Marc Chagall, Michail Larionov en Natalia Goncharova.

 

Bouten's work develops from  initially kubistic into free expressionism during his Paris years.

 

Armand Bouten didn't exhibite much of his work during his life. He was discoverd only after he died in 1965 as a remarkable artist and human.

 

Exibition of Armand Bouten's complete ouvre in 'Groninger Museum' in 2008 - 2009.