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Pierre Alechinsky is a Belgian painter and graphic artist. He is one of the first members of the CoBrA group, making colorful, expressive paintings as well as black and white drawings on canvas and paper. Alechinsky's vibrant aesthetic, spontaneous gestures, material experimentation and embrace of the pictorial possibilities of text reflect the ethos of CoBrA. The international artist collective was inspired by Paul Klee, Joan Miró and folk and children's art. Alechinksy also embraced Japanese calligraphy, utilizing both its fluidity of form and the physicality of its application. His work often straddles the border between abstraction and representation.