Léopold Survage

(French, 1879–1968)

Léopold Survage was a Finnish-born French artist who produced dynamic abstractions of city scenes. Fracturing perspectival space into planar segments, he constructed multiple viewpoints within larger compositions. In this way, structures, flowers, trees, curtains, and birds are reorganized into a fragmented yet coherent pictorial space. In what is perhaps his best-known series, Colored Rhythm: Study for the Film (1913), Survage sought to create a sense of animation through the static medium of painting. “Colored music is in no way an illustration or an interpretation of a musical work,” he once explained. “It is an autonomous art, although based on the same psychological principles as music.” Born on July 31, 1879 in Lappeenranta, Finland, Survage intended to take on his father’s piano factory business but instead studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, where met Alexander Archipenko. The artist moved to Paris in 1910, where he became the studio mate of Amedeo Modigliani and began designing sets and costumes for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes. After coming under the influence of the Surrealist André Masson in the 1930’s, Survage’s subject matter became increasingly mystical. The artist died on October 31, 1968 in Paris, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, among others.

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PERSONNAGE ET FEUILLE, 1929

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PERSONNAGE ET FEUILLE, 1929

Sale Date: June 18, 2020

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Poissons, 1955

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Poissons, 1955

Sale Date: May 6, 2020

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Femme, feuille et poissons, 1967

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Femme, feuille et poissons, 1967

Sale Date: April 15, 2020

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Maisons sur la place, 1920

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Maisons sur la place, 1920

Sale Date: June 4, 2020

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Lion de Venise, 1950

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Lion de Venise, 1950

Sale Date: June 3, 2020

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Décor de théâtre, 1937

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Décor de théâtre, 1937

Sale Date: June 12, 2020

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Personnage

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Visage devant la ville, 1960

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Visage devant la ville, 1960

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Composition, 1951

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Composition, 1951

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Orphée, 1943

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Orphée, 1943

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Décollage pour la traversée de l'Atlantique..., 1937

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Décollage pour la traversée de l'Atlantique..., 1937

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La sirène, 1953

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La sirène, 1953

Sale Date: June 17, 2020

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Personnages dans la ville

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Personnages dans la ville

Sale Date: May 15, 2020

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Le serpent, 1939

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Le serpent, 1939

Sale Date: March 10, 2020

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Etude pour le portrait de la baronne d'Oettingen

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Etude pour le portrait de la baronne d'Oettingen

Sale Date: March 10, 2020

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Paysage d'Oyonnax, 1946

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Paysage d'Oyonnax, 1946

Sale Date: March 10, 2020

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Villa « La Flamme » à Hardelot Plage, 1924

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Villa « La Flamme » à Hardelot Plage, 1924

Sale Date: December 3, 2019

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Village Cubiste, 1920

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Village Cubiste, 1920

Sale Date: February 13, 2020

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SANS TITRE, 1935

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SANS TITRE, 1935

Sale Date: December 18, 2019

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Femme au poisson, Tarsa, 1930

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Femme au poisson, Tarsa, 1930

Sale Date: December 22, 2019

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Promeneuses dans la ville, 1923

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Promeneuses dans la ville, 1923

Sale Date: December 22, 2019

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Deux visages, 1928

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Deux visages, 1928

Sale Date: December 14, 2019

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Architectures a la double silhouette de..., 1917

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Architectures a la double silhouette de..., 1917

Sale Date: December 18, 2019

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Untitled, 1952

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Untitled, 1952

Sale Date: December 11, 2019

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