Showing posts with label School of Paris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School of Paris. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

a French cubist: Albert Gleizes

 

Cubist Landscape

Albert Gleizes (8 December 1881 – 23 June 1953) was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on Cubism, Du "Cubisme", 1912. Gleizes was a founding member of the Section d'Or group of artists. He was also a member of Der Sturm, and his many theoretical writings were originally most appreciated in Germany, where especially at the Bauhaus his ideas were given thoughtful consideration. 
Gleizes spent four crucial years in New York, and played an important role in making America aware of modern art. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists, founder of the Ernest-Renan Association, and both a founder and participant in the Abbaye de Créteil. Gleizes exhibited regularly at Léonce Rosenberg's Galerie de l’Effort Moderne in Paris; he was also a founder, organizer and director of Abstraction-Création. From the mid-1920s to the late 1930s much of his energy went into writing, e.g., La Peinture et ses lois (Paris, 1923), Vers une conscience plastique: La Forme et l’histoire (Paris, 1932) and Homocentrisme (Sablons, 1937).



Saturday, September 14, 2013

Moise Kisling

Moïse Kisling (Polish-French, 1891-1953)

Mimosa

Paysage du Midi, 1918

Paysage de Saint-Tropez (1918) 
oil on panel 32.9 x 41 cm


Red Haired Girl  - 1938


Marseille, 1939

Moïse Kisling (1891–1953) was a Polish-born French painter, renowned for his contributions to the Parisian art scene in the early 20th century. Born in Kraków, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts before moving to Paris in 1910, where he became part of the vibrant Montparnasse artistic community. Kisling was associated with the School of Paris and developed close ties with artists like Amedeo Modigliani and Jules Pascin.

His works are celebrated for their unique blend of Post-Impressionism and modernism, often featuring vivid colors and expressive forms. Kisling gained recognition for his portraits, particularly of women, as well as his landscapes and still lifes. During World War I, he served in the French Foreign Legion and later became a French citizen in 1924.

Kisling's career spanned several decades, and his works are now housed in prestigious museums worldwide.