To celebrate the 100th birthday of the master of ‘outrenoir’, this survey includes abstract works created in each of the last eight decades – from early experiments with materials such as walnut stain and tar, to the ‘ultra-black’ polyptychs that Soulages has worked on since 1979. Find out more from the Louvre’s website.
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Walnut Stain (1946), Pierre Soulages. Musée Soulages, Rodez. © Archives Soulages/ADAGP, Paris 2019
Goudron sur verre (1948), Pierre Soulages. Centre Pompidou, Paris. © Archives Soulages/ADAGP, Paris 2019
Peinture (1953), Pierre Soulages. Guggenheim Museum, New York. © Archives Soulages/ADAGP, Paris 2019
Peinture (2008), Pierre Soulages. © Archives Soulages/ADAGP, Paris 2019
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