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  |  | DEBRE Olivier (1920-1999) "When I become wind an drain, I participate to nature and nature passes through me." 
    
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    |  |  | Olivier DEBRE, a few dates |  |  
 
	
    | 1920 | born in Paris |  
    | 1939 | studies under Le Corbusier |  
    | 1943 | abstract period until 1960 |  
    | 1960 | "fluid abstraction", monochrome |  
    | 1967 | represents France at the international exhibition of Montréal |  
    | 1979 | is appointed as teacher at the Beaux-Arts school in Paris |  
    | 1999 | died in Paris on June 1st 1999 |  |