Christian Lattier

Christian Lattier
Born	1925 Grand Lahou, Ivory Coast
Died	1978
Nationality	Ivorian
Field	Sculptor
Training	Écoles des Beaux-Arts, Saint-Etienne, École des Beaux-Arts in Paris

Christian Lattier ( 1925–1978 ) was an Ivorian sculptor born in Grand Lahou, Cote d'ivoire.

Biography

He began to study in Écoles des Beaux-Arts, Saint-Etienne and after a year he transferred to École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he studied architecture and sculpture. He was inspired by the African masks and was using strings, wires and reddish colors in his sculptures. In 1962 he came back to Abidjan as a professor for sculptural art at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Abidjan.

Works

In 1966 he won the grand prize of "World Festival of Black Arts" in Dakar. 19 pieces of Lattier's sculptures are currently in the collection of "Musée National de Côte d'Ivoire" in Abidjan.

Exhibitions

• 2007-08 "Black Paris - Black Brussels", curated by: Kerstin Pinther, Sigrid Horsch-Albert and Hanna Kiefer, held in Bayreuth between 26 Oct. 2006- 11 Feb. 2007, in Frankfurt am Main between 13 Mar. 2007- 4 Nov. 2007 and in Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles between 27 Feb. - 27. Apr. 2008
• 2004 "Dak'Art" 6th Edition of Dakar Biennial in Senegal
• 2001-02 "The Short Century. Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-94" curated by Okwui Enwezor for the Villa Stuck in Munich, shown also in Berlin, Chicago and New York
• 1959 1st Biennale de Paris, in Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, France

Awards

• 1953 “Premier Prix des Cathedrales de France” during his living in France
• 1954 “Premier Prix Chenavard”
• 1954 "Grand Prix" at the 1st World Festival of Black Arts
• 1976 “Knight of the Order of the Republic of the Ivory Coast”

Bibliography

• Yacouba Konate, Christian Lattier, Le sculpteur aux mains nues, Edition Sépia, 1993. ISBN 2907888234

See also

• Contemporary African Art
• Culture of Côte d'Ivoire

References

• Article about Lattier by Ulrich Clewing
• Notes on Lattier on Canadian Heritage Information Network
• Press release of "The Short Century. Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-94" by Haus der Kulturen der Welt, May 2001

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Name	Lattier,Christian
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Date of birth	1925
Place of birth	Grand Lahou, Ivory Coast
Date of death	1978
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