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Nicolas de Staël · 1953
Nicolas de Staël: 1914–1955
Other names (7)
Baron Nikolaus Stahl von Holstein, Nicholas de Staël, Nicolas De Staël, Nikola de Stal', Nikola De Stalʹ, Nikolaj Vladimirovič de Stal', Nikolaj Vladimirovič Stal' fon Gol'štejn
Biography
Nicolas de Staël (French: [ni.kɔ.la də stal]; January 5, 1914 – March 16, 1955), born Baron Nikolai Vladimirovich Staël von Holstein (Russian: Николай Владимирович Шталь фон Гольштейн), was a French painter of Russian origin widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the post-war period. In a career spanning just fifteen years, he produced over a thousand paintings marked by a constant evolution between abstraction and figuration, a rich use of color, and a distinctive engagement with light and texture. He also worked with lithography, engraving, collage, and drawing.
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Nicolas de Staël. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- musée des beaux-arts — Dijon29 recorded works
- musée Picasso — Antibes12 recorded works
- Tate3 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art3 recorded works
- musée Cantini — Marseille2 recorded works
- musée d'Art Moderne — Troyes2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Libourne2 recorded works
- musée d'Unterlinden — Colmar2 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art2 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art2 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago1 recorded work
- musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain — Nice1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Rennes1 recorded work
- Museum of Modern Art1 recorded work
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- Wikidata (CC0)
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Tate Collection metadata (October 2014 snapshot)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
