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.

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Jacques Villeglé (1,203 results)
Boulevard de la Bastille (12e), 1968

Jacques Villeglé

Boulevard de la Bastille (12e), 1968

Sale Date: April 1, 1996

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Métro République (Place du Prince Eugène), 1988

Jacques Villeglé

Métro République (Place du Prince Eugène), 1988

Sale Date: March 24, 1996

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Madame Léon Jost, 1974

Jacques Villeglé

Madame Léon Jost, 1974

Sale Date: March 17, 1996

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Rue Pierre Demours, 1958

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Pierre Demours, 1958

Sale Date: February 26, 1996

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Rue Quincampoix

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Quincampoix

Sale Date: December 22, 1995

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Place Saint-Augustin, 6 Juillet 1974, 1974

Jacques Villeglé

Place Saint-Augustin, 6 Juillet 1974, 1974

Sale Date: December 15, 1995

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Rue Viala, XVè, 1974

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Viala, XVè, 1974

Sale Date: December 15, 1995

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Rue Saint-Yves, Paris 14è, 1964

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Saint-Yves, Paris 14è, 1964

Sale Date: December 3, 1995

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Boulevard de la Bastille (12è), 1968

Jacques Villeglé

Boulevard de la Bastille (12è), 1968

Sale Date: December 3, 1995

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La guérilla des signes

Jacques Villeglé

La guérilla des signes

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Rue Marcel Boyer, 27 novembre 1989, 1989

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Marcel Boyer, 27 novembre 1989, 1989

Sale Date: October 7, 1995

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Sans titre, 1965

Jacques Villeglé

Sans titre, 1965

Sale Date: July 10, 1995

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Bal annuel du Betar (Rue Taylor - XSme), 1969

Jacques Villeglé

Bal annuel du Betar (Rue Taylor - XSme), 1969

Sale Date: June 30, 1995

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Séville, 1992

Jacques Villeglé

Séville, 1992

Sale Date: June 26, 1995

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Rue Saint-Yves, Paris 14S, 1964

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Saint-Yves, Paris 14S, 1964

Sale Date: June 25, 1995

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Volta, 1968

Jacques Villeglé

Volta, 1968

Sale Date: June 25, 1995

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Rue de Marseille, 1970

Jacques Villeglé

Rue de Marseille, 1970

Sale Date: June 25, 1995

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54 rue de Turenne, 4S, 1974

Jacques Villeglé

54 rue de Turenne, 4S, 1974

Sale Date: June 25, 1995

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Rue Beaubourg, 1980

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Beaubourg, 1980

Sale Date: June 18, 1995

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Rue du Parc Royal, 1975

Jacques Villeglé

Rue du Parc Royal, 1975

Sale Date: April 9, 1995

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Rue Rebeval, 19Sme, 1970

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Rebeval, 19Sme, 1970

Sale Date: April 9, 1995

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54, rue de Turenne, 1974

Jacques Villeglé

54, rue de Turenne, 1974

Sale Date: March 30, 1995

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Ionesco révélation, 1968

Jacques Villeglé

Ionesco révélation, 1968

Sale Date: December 16, 1994

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Métro arts et Métiers (le Centennaire de..., 1974

Jacques Villeglé

Métro arts et Métiers (le Centennaire de..., 1974

Sale Date: December 14, 1994

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