Gustave Singier (11 February 1909, Warneton – 5 May 1984, Paris) was a Belgian non-figurative painter active in France as part of the new Paris School of Lyrical Abstraction and the Salon de Mai.

Early life

He spent his childhood in German occupied Belgium, then moved to France in 1919. From the age of 14, he started to paint. In 1923 he enrolled as a student at the Boulle school, attending until 1926. From 1927, he worked as a draughtsman, designing interior architecture and furniture until 1936.

1936 could be considered to be a turning point in Singier's career as an artist: he met the painter Charles Walch who encouraged him as a painter, put him in contact with artistic circles and who began to exhibit Singier's work at numerous Parisian Salons from 1936.

World War II

In 1940, with World War II now underway, Singier was mobilized in the Belgian army and sent to Bagnols-on-Ceze after the German invasion of Belgium. From 1941 to 1944, Singier worked in the workshop of his cabinet maker father. In 1941, Singier joined a group of young artists who showed their work in the exhibition ‘Vingt Peintres de tradition francaise’ (Twenty Painters of the French Tradition) at the Braun Gallery, an exhibition in defiance of the Nazi military occupation.

Career[edit]

In 1945 he was one of the founding members of the Salon de Mai. In common with many other painters of his generation, after the allied liberation of Western Europe, Singier discovered Kandinsky, Klee, Mondrian and - through them - abstract art.

In 1947 Singier was naturalized as a French citizen.

In 1949, he had his first solo exhibition at the Billiet-Caputo gallery.

From 1951 to 1954, Singier taught at the Ranson Academy, and from 1967 to 1978 at the Paris School of Art.

Singier died on 5 May 1984. He is buried in Paris, in the Montparnasse Cemetery.

Signature of the painter Gustave Singier

Gustave Singier（1909年2月11日，Warneton - 1984年5月5日，巴黎）是一位活跃于法国的比利时非具象画家，作为新的巴黎抒情抽象派和沙龙麦的一部分。

早年:

他在德国度过了童年时期的比利时，1919年移居法国。从14岁起，他开始画画。 1923年，他在布勒学校读书，直到1926年。1927年起，他担任起草人，设计室内建筑和家具，直到1936年。

1936年被认为是新加坡艺术家生涯的一个转折点：他遇到了画家查尔斯·瓦尔奇（Charles Walch），他鼓励他成为一名画家，让他与艺术界接触，并从1936年开始在许多巴黎沙龙展出辛吉尔的作品。

第二次世界大战:

1940年，随着第二次世界大战的进行，新泽西人在比利时入侵比利时后，被派往比利时军队，送往巴格诺斯 - 塞泽。 从1941年到1944年，辛吉尔在他的橱柜制造商父亲的工作室工作。 1941年，辛吉尔加入了一批年轻艺术家，他们在布鲁恩画廊举办的“法国传统法国画家”（Vingt Peintres de tradition francaise）展览中展出自己的作品，这是一场蔑视纳粹军事占领的展览。

事业:

1945年，他是麦德龙沙龙的创始成员之一。 与同时代的许多其他画家一样，在西欧盟国解放之后，辛吉尔发现了康定斯基，克利，蒙德里安和通过他们的抽象艺术。

辛吉尔于1947年被归化为法国公民。

1949年，他在Billiet-Caputo画廊举办了首次个人展览。

从1951年到1954年，Singier在Ranson学院任教，1967年至1978年在巴黎艺术学院任教。

辛吉尔于1984年5月5日去世。他被安葬在巴黎的蒙帕纳斯公墓。