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Jean Tinguely(1925-1991)

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  • Actor
  • Production Designer
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Jean Tinguely was born on 22 May 1925 in Fribourg, Switzerland. He was an actor and production designer, known for The Laughing Woman (1969), L'éloge de la folie (1966) and A Dream Longer Than the Night (1976). He was married to Niki De Saint Phalle, Éva Aipli and Eva Aeppli. He died on 30 August 1991 in Bern, Switzerland.
BornMay 22, 1925
DiedAugust 30, 1991(66)
BornMay 22, 1925
DiedAugust 30, 1991(66)
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Known for

Philippe Leroy and Dagmar Lassander in The Laughing Woman (1969)
The Laughing Woman
6.7
  • Art Department
  • 1969
L'éloge de la folie
  • Production Designer
  • 1966
A Dream Longer Than the Night (1976)
A Dream Longer Than the Night
6.1
  • Art Department
  • 1976
Träumende Maschinen (1989)
Träumende Maschinen
  • Self
  • 1989

Credits

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Art Department

  • A Dream Longer Than the Night (1976)
    A Dream Longer Than the Night
    6.1
    • machines designer
    • 1976
  • Philippe Leroy and Dagmar Lassander in The Laughing Woman (1969)
    The Laughing Woman
    6.7
    • reproduction artwork: large statue of a woman
    • 1969

Actor

  • A Dream Longer Than the Night (1976)
    A Dream Longer Than the Night
    6.1
    • Le general rose
    • 1976

Production Designer

  • L'éloge de la folie
    • Production Designer
    • 1966

Personal details

  • Born
    • May 22, 1925
    • Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Died
    • August 30, 1991
    • Bern, Switzerland(heart failure)
  • Spouses
      Niki De Saint Phalle1971 - August 30, 1991 (his death)

Did you know

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    In 1961, Tinguely's work was included in the landmark "Art of Assemblage" exhibition at MoMA curated by William C. Seitz. Seitz said of Tinguely in the exhibition's catalogue that his "most recent work, influenced by Rauschenberg and Stankiewicz, fuses the tradition of kinetic art with that of assemblage".
  • Nickname
    • Jeannot

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