Camille Bryen, also known as Camille Briand, (September 17, 1907– August 5, 1977) was a French poet, painter and engraver.
Associated with the School of Paris, his work plays a part in the history of lyrical abstraction and tachisme.
Legacy In 1987 the French postal served issued a 5 Franc stamp that reproduced his work Précambrien.
Bryen was included in the exhibition L'envolée lyrique, Paris 1945–1956, presented by the Musée du Luxembourg, Paris in 2006.
Collections Kunstmuseum Basel Musée Cantini Musée d'art et d'industrie de Saint-Étienne Musée du Frac Bretagne, Rennes Museum of Modern Art, New York
Bibliography Daniel Abadie, Bryen Abhomme, La Connaissance, Brussels, 1973 Jacques Audiberti, Bryen. L’ouvre-boîte, Gallimard, Paris, 1952 Jacqueline Boutet-Loyer, Bryen, l’œuvre peint, Quatre Chemins, Paris, 1986 Jacqueline Boutet-Loyer, La Dérive graphique de Camille Bryen, Galerie Callu Mérite, Paris, 1988 Jacqueline Boutet-Loyer, Bryen et le défi de la peinture éternelle, Galerie Callu Merite, Paris, 1990 Michel Butor, Bryen, en temps conjugués, Galerie de Seine, Paris, 1975 Jean Clair, Propos d’un abhumaniste, interview, Chroniques de l’Art Vivant, Paris, 1971 Georges Mathieu, Au-delà du tachisme, Paris, 1963 Pierre Restany, Lyrisme et abstraction, Milan, 1960 Michel Tapié, Un art autre, Paris, 1952 Roger van Gindertael, Bryen, Galerie Raymonde Cazenave, Paris, 1960 Marc Alyn, Camille Bryen, architecte de l'informel, Approches de l'art moderne, Bartillat, 2007 Jacqueline Loyer, « Bryen », Nouvelles de l'estampe, 1975, catalog for engraved works
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