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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NICE, 1916

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Sale Date: October 18, 2018

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Architectures à la double silhouette de..., 1917

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Architectures à la double silhouette de..., 1917

Sale Date: October 17, 2018

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Visage, 1948

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Sale Date: October 16, 2018

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Composition aux mains, 1944

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Composition aux mains, 1944

Sale Date: October 16, 2018

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Alfortville ou Maison-Alfort, 1908

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Alfortville ou Maison-Alfort, 1908

Sale Date: October 16, 2018

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Untitled

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Sale Date: September 22, 2018

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Portrait d'homme à la pomme et à la colombe, 1951

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Portrait d'homme à la pomme et à la colombe, 1951

Sale Date: June 20, 2018

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Trois personnages, 1931, 1931

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Trois personnages, 1931, 1931

Sale Date: June 20, 2018

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L'homme à la pomme et la colombe, 1959, 1959

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L'homme à la pomme et la colombe, 1959, 1959

Sale Date: June 20, 2018

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Composition aux personnages, 1935, 1935

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Composition aux personnages, 1935, 1935

Sale Date: June 20, 2018

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MAISONS, 1919, 1919

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MAISONS, 1919, 1919

Sale Date: June 28, 2018

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Bateau dans la ville, port de Collioure, 1925, 1925

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Bateau dans la ville, port de Collioure, 1925, 1925

Sale Date: June 15, 2018

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L'OISEAU SUR LA VILLE, 1916

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L'OISEAU SUR LA VILLE, 1916

Sale Date: June 5, 2018

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Sirène, 1928

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Sirène, 1928

Sale Date: June 5, 2018

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L'arbre, 1927

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L'arbre, 1927

Sale Date: June 5, 2018

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Les pigeons, 1914

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Les pigeons, 1914

Sale Date: June 5, 2018

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Décor de thêatre pour Les Euclides, 1937

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Décor de thêatre pour Les Euclides, 1937

Sale Date: May 16, 2018

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PERSONNAGES, 1938, 1938

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PERSONNAGES, 1938, 1938

Sale Date: May 18, 2018

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Paysage surréaliste, 1927

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Paysage surréaliste, 1927

Sale Date: May 16, 2018

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Nature morte, 1927

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Nature morte, 1927

Sale Date: May 16, 2018

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Mann und Frau am Meeresstrand, 1930

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Mann und Frau am Meeresstrand, 1930

Sale Date: May 3, 2018

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Visage et Nu Assis (double sided drawing), 1912

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Visage et Nu Assis (double sided drawing), 1912

Sale Date: April 11, 2018

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LE CITRON, 1918, 1918

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LE CITRON, 1918, 1918

Sale Date: April 9, 2018

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LA BAIGNEUSE, 1922–1923

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LA BAIGNEUSE, 1922–1923

Sale Date: April 9, 2018

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