Léopold Survage

Léopold Frédéric Leopoldovich Survage, actually Leopold Friedrich fall Wage ( born March 31, 1879 in Lappeenranta (Finland ); † June 3, 1968 in Paris) was a French painter of Cubism Finnish / Russian origin.

Life

Léopold Survage, son of a piano maker, studied from 1901 at the Art Academy in Moscow. In 1906 he presented his work on the occasion of the "Paris Autumn Salon " for the first time in the West. In July 1908 he moved together with Hélène Moniuschko, his future wife, to Paris, where he joined the artists of Montparnasse. Within a short time he became acquainted with the most famous artists of the city, including Georges Braque, Tsuguharu Foujita, Fernand Léger, Jean Cocteau, Juan Gris, Chaim Soutine, Moise Kisling, Amedeo Modigliani and Pablo Picasso. With Henri Matisse soon he formed a close friendship and influenced in his later works (composition with fish, 1917).

Survage joined the artists' association founded in 1912 Section d'Or, the most famous members István Beöthy, Marcel Duchamp, Albert Gleizes, Juan Gris, Francis Picabia, Jacques Villon and Alexander Archipenko were. In the following years Survage exhibited at the Société des Artistes Independants, Salon d' Automne and the Salon des Tuileries. Inspired by movement representations of the film tried Survage between 1912/1913 in abstract color compositions to bring musical, temporal elements for expression ( Rythmes colorés at the Gaumont Film Company ).

The constant search for new means of expression led Léopold Survage to tapestries, tapestries, book illustrations, stage and costume design for the Ballets Russes ( Marva, 1922) and textile designs for the house of Chanel. In recent years, interest in his work increased steadily and at art auctions at Sotheby 's and Christie's have very high prices.

Awards

Exhibitions

Collective exhibitions

  • Musée National d'Art Moderne Georges Pompidou, Paris
  • Bezalel Museum, Jerusalem
  • Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
  • Musée des beaux -arts, Lyon
  • Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva
  • Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York City
  • National Museum of Arts, Moscow
  • National Museum, Athens
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