He became a major figure in the post war concrete art movement and influenced artists such as Victor Vasarely, Nicolas de Staël as well as the concrete artists in South America such as Hélio Oiticica.
Visiting the United States in 1953 de Staël and Francoise visited MoMA, the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania and various other important institutions.
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The French New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard has stated that de Stael is his favorite painter, and the use of primary colors in his film Pierrot Le Fou was strongly influenced by de Stael's work.
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