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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Deux femmes, 1934

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Deux femmes, 1934

Sale Date: December 3, 1992

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COMPOSITION CUBISTE AU PERSONNAGE FEMININ

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COMPOSITION CUBISTE AU PERSONNAGE FEMININ

Sale Date: December 3, 1992

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FEMMES AUX LONGS CHEVEUX, 1929

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FEMMES AUX LONGS CHEVEUX, 1929

Sale Date: November 18, 1992

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MAISONS DE LA VILLE, 1922

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MAISONS DE LA VILLE, 1922

Sale Date: November 18, 1992

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FLOTENSPIELER VOR ROTEM, STERNENUBERSATEM..., 1939

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FLOTENSPIELER VOR ROTEM, STERNENUBERSATEM..., 1939

Sale Date: November 14, 1992

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HOMME DANS LA VILLE

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HOMME DANS LA VILLE

Sale Date: November 12, 1992

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L'OISEAU, 1927

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L'OISEAU, 1927

Sale Date: November 10, 1992

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DESSIN STRIE, 1967, 1967

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DESSIN STRIE, 1967, 1967

Sale Date: November 8, 1992

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L'OISEAU DANS LA VILLE, 1920, 1920

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L'OISEAU DANS LA VILLE, 1920, 1920

Sale Date: November 8, 1992

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VILLAGE, 1945

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VILLAGE, 1945

Sale Date: November 6, 1992

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LES MAINS, 1935

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LES MAINS, 1935

Sale Date: November 2, 1992

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BLUMEN IN EINER VASE AUF EINEM GUERIDON, 1933

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BLUMEN IN EINER VASE AUF EINEM GUERIDON, 1933

Sale Date: October 22, 1992

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LA DIVINE COMEDIE, 1951

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LA DIVINE COMEDIE, 1951

Sale Date: October 21, 1992

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Figurale Komposition, 1933

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Figurale Komposition, 1933

Sale Date: October 10, 1992

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DREI MADCHEN PFERD NACHT

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DREI MADCHEN PFERD NACHT

Sale Date: October 10, 1992

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FLORAL STILL LIFE

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FLORAL STILL LIFE

Sale Date: October 9, 1992

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Two women, 1930

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Two women, 1930

Sale Date: October 9, 1992

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SANS TITRE, 1920, 1920

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SANS TITRE, 1920, 1920

Sale Date: July 19, 1992

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ANIMAUX, 1924

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ANIMAUX, 1924

Sale Date: July 10, 1992

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LE FEU ET L

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LE FEU ET L"EAU, 1950

Sale Date: July 10, 1992

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COMPOSITION: NOTRE CHAMP

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COMPOSITION: NOTRE CHAMP

Sale Date: July 7, 1992

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ADAM ET EVE

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Sale Date: July 7, 1992

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LES TOITS

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Sale Date: July 3, 1992

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LES OISEAUX, 1942

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LES OISEAUX, 1942

Sale Date: June 24, 1992

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