Christian Dotremont, (; 12 December 1922 – 20 August 1979), was a Belgian painter and poet who was born in Tervuren, Belgium. He was a founding member of the Revolutionary Surrealist Group (1946) and he also founded COBRA together with Danish artist Asger Jorn.Stewart Home, (1988) The Assault on Culture: Utopian currents from Lettrisme to Class War London : Unpopular Books and Aporia Press In this capacity he was responsible for bringing Henri Lefebvre's Critique de la vie quotidienne (1946) to the group's attention. He later became well known for his painted poems (French: Peinture mots), which he called logograms.Tommy Thiange, (2025) Christian Dotremont: A Painter-Poet, Daily Art Magazine, https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/christian-dotremont/
He died of tuberculosis in Buizingen.Tommy Thiange, (2025) Christian Dotremont: A Painter-Poet, Daily Art Magazine, https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/christian-dotremont/
References
Bibliography Labisse (1946) Les jambages au cou (1949) Cobra 1948 - 1951 - with an introduction by Christian Dotremont, (1980, Jean-Michel Place) (1986)
External links 5 Logograms in translation