Isidore Isou
29th January 1925 - 28th July 2007

Isodore Isou, the Romanian-born founder of Lettrism has died in Paris at the age of 82. Isou was a hugely influential figure: an artist, poet, film maker and critic, his Lettrist movement was influenced by Dada and Surrealism. A memorial service was held on 3rd August 2007 in Paris.

Lettrist self portrait, 1952

Portrait hypergraphique de Van Gogh, 1962

La peinture sur rail lettriste , 1962

Alain Satie

La societe des Createurs , 1991

Hypergraphic rouge, 1982

Roland Sabatier

Hypergraphie aux signes fragmentes, 1971

Portrait hypergraphique d'Isou, 1966