Jacques Soisson (February 1928, in Paris – 2012) was a French

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as well as a child and adolescent psychotherapist. He painted in the manner of

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Life

Soisson studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse and continued at the

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. Commencing in 1966 to work as a child and adolescent psychotherapist he made some attempts to

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. This turned out so well that from then on he originated the ''"Atelier d’art-thérapie"''. All painted works by the patients during this therapy were collected and donated to the Museum of Hospice St. Roch in Issoudun. Further he collaborated with the "Institut

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" One year later, in 1969 Soisson joined the

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, having been founded by

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. It ensued an acquaintance between both. In 1978 Jacques Soisson gave up his profession and dedicated to painting, animated by Dubuffet. He lived and painted in Paris.

Public Collection

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Publications by Soisson

* ''„Dare dare: un livre d'art ou le coeur a l'ouvrage“'', Acayoulge, 1990 * ''„As-tu connu Machu Picchu?“'', Nidra Poller and ''Jacques Soisson'', Messidor/La Farandole, 1984 * ''„Le cœur au repos“'', Jacques Berne and ''Jacques Soisson'', Chez Michel Bon, imprimeur taille-doucier, 1980 * ''„Le sacré corps“'', ed. Joseph Delteil, B. Grasset, 1976, p. 202 ff.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soisson, Jacques Painters from Paris 1928 births 2012 deaths Burials at Montmartre Cemetery French outsider artists 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters 21st-century French painters 21st-century French male artists French psychotherapists Art therapists