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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PAYSAGE, 1930

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PAYSAGE, 1930

Sale Date: December 7, 2016

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Composition, 1915

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Composition, 1915

Sale Date: December 6, 2016

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Porteuse de Collioure, 1927

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Porteuse de Collioure, 1927

Sale Date: December 10, 2016

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Le voyage dans l’infini, l’adieu, 1959, 1959

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Le voyage dans l’infini, l’adieu, 1959, 1959

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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Ville et oiseau, 1921

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Ville et oiseau, 1921

Sale Date: November 23, 2016

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Le Soleil, 1938

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Le Soleil, 1938

Sale Date: November 17, 2016

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Composition - 1949, 1949

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Composition - 1949, 1949

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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Le soleil a rendez-vous avec la lune - 1944, 1944

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Le soleil a rendez-vous avec la lune - 1944, 1944

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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Oiseau dans la ville - 1920, 1920

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Oiseau dans la ville - 1920, 1920

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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Paysage - 1920, 1920

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Paysage - 1920, 1920

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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Guéridon au vase de fleurs - circa 1912, 1912

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Guéridon au vase de fleurs - circa 1912, 1912

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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PERSONNAGES, 1938

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PERSONNAGES, 1938

Sale Date: September 29, 2016

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Le Paysan, 1953

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Le Paysan, 1953

Sale Date: July 26, 2016

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Maison avec des arbres

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Maison avec des arbres

Sale Date: July 1, 2016

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COMPOSITION SURREALISTE, 1931, 1931

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COMPOSITION SURREALISTE, 1931, 1931

Sale Date: June 28, 2016

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Figure feuille, 49

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Figure feuille, 49

Sale Date: June 20, 2016

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La ville, 1923

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La ville, 1923

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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Femme portant une corbeille de fruits sur la , 1922

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Femme portant une corbeille de fruits sur la , 1922

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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Casciana, 2005

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Casciana, 2005

Sale Date: June 15, 2016

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La ville, 1930

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La ville, 1930

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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La ville, 1941

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La ville, 1941

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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Paysage, 1920

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Paysage, 1920

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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Visage

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Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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La ville, 1919

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La ville, 1919

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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