Jean Fautrier is with Jean Dubuffet the most important representative of informal art
During the Second World War, Fautrier, who lived next door to a Gestapo building, heard the nightly arrivals of prisoners, their screams, their torture and their execution, and it was through painting that he would retain the breath of these dying men, individualizing each head.
The theme of the Hostages is mainly treated in painting by a technique of glue and pigments with transparent or opaque inks, characterized by impasto that causes an anguished unease. But there are also many drawings and prints on this subject.
Estimate and auction results: Around 200 to 600 euros for prints, 1,000 to 3,000 euros for drawings and up to 2 million for paintings.
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