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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Venise, 1937

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Venise, 1937

Sale Date: November 20, 2022

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L’Homme dans la ville, 1926

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L’Homme dans la ville, 1926

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Homme et oiseau dans la ville

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Homme et oiseau dans la ville

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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PAYSAGE, 1930

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PAYSAGE, 1930

Sale Date: November 20, 2022

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Vue de village

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Vue de village

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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La Ville, 1922

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La Ville, 1922

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Homme dans la ville, 1955, 1955

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Homme dans la ville, 1955, 1955

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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DESSIN ORIGINAL SIGNÉ, 1920

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DESSIN ORIGINAL SIGNÉ, 1920

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Femme et oiseau, 1963

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Femme et oiseau, 1963

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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Femmes aux longs cheveux, 1929

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Femmes aux longs cheveux, 1929

Sale Date: October 21, 2022

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Personnage au cerf-volant, 1957, 1957

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Personnage au cerf-volant, 1957, 1957

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Femme au balcon, 1957

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Femme au balcon, 1957

Sale Date: October 4, 2022

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La Charité, 1943

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La Charité, 1943

Sale Date: October 4, 2022

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Femme et oiseau, 1963

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Femme et oiseau, 1963

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Paysage à Nice, 1926

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Paysage à Nice, 1926

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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Le Tour a Pied, 1934, 1934

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Le Tour a Pied, 1934, 1934

Sale Date: August 30, 2022

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Untitled, 1919

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Untitled, 1919

Sale Date: June 8, 2022

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Les Miracles de tous les jours, 1931, 1931

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Les Miracles de tous les jours, 1931, 1931

Sale Date: August 6, 2022

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Les Poissons, 1955

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Les Poissons, 1955

Sale Date: July 20, 2022

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Rythmes dans un paysage, 1968

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Rythmes dans un paysage, 1968

Sale Date: July 7, 2022

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La Rue du Rêve à Liège, 1958

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La Rue du Rêve à Liège, 1958

Sale Date: June 28, 2022

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La conque de mer, 1948

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La conque de mer, 1948

Sale Date: June 28, 2022

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Vue de ville, 1928

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Vue de ville, 1928

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Femme aux oiseaux, 1959

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Femme aux oiseaux, 1959

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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