Jacques Villeglé

(French, born 1926)

Jacques Villeglé is a French artist and “affichiste,” best known for his torn collaged works made from posters and advertisements. Villeglé’s work is representative of an obscured sense of cultural reference and the deterioration of civilization, with his densely layered surfaces suggesting social and political critiques through their appropriated imagery. “In the 1930s, the poster was called the newspaper of the street,” he explained, “something that really reflected society. And what I think I realized at the time was that the posters, as an art form, were always going to evolve and so there would always be something new to explore.” Born in Quimper, France on March 27, 1926, it was during a stay in Saint-Malo in 1947 when he began pilfering material from the city's Atlantic-retaining wall for use in collage. Over time, he developed his distinctive process of layered advertising posters, offering a ripped and degraded conceptual survey of contemporary French culture that became an important influence to the Nouveau Realisme movement. Villeglé's work is aligned with the Ultra-Lettrist movement of the late 1950s, stemming from his contact with the Lettrist poet François Dufrêne in 1954 who would also introduce him to the prominent artists Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely.

Jacques Villeglé Artworks

Jacques Villeglé (1,203 results)

Rue Ampère, hommage à Raoul Dufy, 1961

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Ampère, hommage à Raoul Dufy, 1961

Sale Date: October 23, 2004

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Avenue de Verzy, 1959

Jacques Villeglé

Avenue de Verzy, 1959

Sale Date: October 25, 2004

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Sans titre, 1991

Jacques Villeglé

Sans titre, 1991

Sale Date: October 17, 2004

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Composition (+ Homme au chapeau noir, 2..., 1995

Jacques Villeglé

Composition (+ Homme au chapeau noir, 2..., 1995

Sale Date: October 9, 2004

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158 rue de Tolbiac, 1962–1962

Jacques Villeglé

158 rue de Tolbiac, 1962–1962

Sale Date: July 18, 2004

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Avenue de Verzy, 1959–1959

Jacques Villeglé

Avenue de Verzy, 1959–1959

Sale Date: May 18, 2004

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Place Edmond Michelet, 1986–1986

Jacques Villeglé

Place Edmond Michelet, 1986–1986

Sale Date: May 18, 2004

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Rue de la Lizière, Octobre, 1989–1989

Jacques Villeglé

Rue de la Lizière, Octobre, 1989–1989

Sale Date: May 18, 2004

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Sans titre

Jacques Villeglé

Sale Date: May 4, 2004

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Décollage d'affiches, 1989–1991

Jacques Villeglé

Décollage d'affiches, 1989–1991

Sale Date: April 28, 2004

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La guérilla des écritures, 1992–1992

Jacques Villeglé

La guérilla des écritures, 1992–1992

Sale Date: April 28, 2004

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Boulevard de la Villette, 19ème, Paris, 1986–1986

Jacques Villeglé

Boulevard de la Villette, 19ème, Paris, 1986–1986

Sale Date: April 26, 2004

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La germano, 1964–1964

Jacques Villeglé

La germano, 1964–1964

Sale Date: April 26, 2004

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Le Che, rue Cuvier, 1969–1969

Jacques Villeglé

Le Che, rue Cuvier, 1969–1969

Sale Date: March 30, 2004

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Concerts, 1982–1982

Jacques Villeglé

Concerts, 1982–1982

Sale Date: March 28, 2004

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Phonégatif, 1986–1986

Jacques Villeglé

Phonégatif, 1986–1986

Sale Date: March 24, 2004

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Rue cuvier, 1969–1969

Jacques Villeglé

Rue cuvier, 1969–1969

Sale Date: February 6, 2004

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Alain Bashung, 1998–1998

Jacques Villeglé

Alain Bashung, 1998–1998

Sale Date: December 14, 2003

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Rue de Bretonvilliers, 1965–1965

Jacques Villeglé

Rue de Bretonvilliers, 1965–1965

Sale Date: December 5, 2003

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Pillage et matraquage sont les deux..., 1979–1979

Jacques Villeglé

Pillage et matraquage sont les deux..., 1979–1979

Sale Date: November 25, 2003

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Sans titre, 1965–1965

Jacques Villeglé

Sans titre, 1965–1965

Sale Date: October 25, 2003

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Boulevard Sébastapol, 1982–1982

Jacques Villeglé

Boulevard Sébastapol, 1982–1982

Sale Date: October 12, 2003

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Rue de la Biche - Saint Denis, 1963–1963

Jacques Villeglé

Rue de la Biche - Saint Denis, 1963–1963

Sale Date: October 12, 2003

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Rue du Temple, 1970–1970

Jacques Villeglé

Rue du Temple, 1970–1970

Sale Date: July 3, 2003

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