Jean Fautrier was a French painter and printmaker whose densely textured, gestural abstractions emerged as a foundational practice within Tachisme. Working primarily in oil and mixed media on canvas, he built up surfaces with thick impasto and deliberate accidents, prioritizing spontaneous mark-making over representational form. His work anticipated and helped define the postwar European abstraction movement, establishing a vocabulary of material expressivity that influenced generations of gestural painters across Europe and beyond.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago
| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | Apr 2026 | €100,000 – €150,000 | €114,300 | |
| Christie's | Oct 2025 | €80,000 – €120,000 | €101,600 | |
| Christie's | Oct 2025 | €150,000 – €250,000 | €304,800 | |
| Christie's | Sep 2025 | €40,000 – €60,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Oct 2024 | €700,000 – €1,000,000 | €1,794,500 | |
| Christie's | Jun 2024 | €180,000 – €250,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Oct 2023 | €250,000 – €350,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Oct 2022 | €100,000 – €150,000 | €428,400 | |
| Christie's | Dec 2021 | €40,000 – €60,000 | €100,000 | |
| Christie's | Dec 2021 | €65,000 – €85,000 | €93,750 |
