Items Similar to Sailor’s Ball
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 4
Margrete LevySailor’s Ball
About the Item
Margrete Levy
1881-1962
Levy was a Danish artist; she worked in Paris from 1905-1911.
Levy was niece to the Danish master painter Kristian Zartmann.
She married French author Louis Nicolai Levy in 1911.
She applied for technical school at Charlotte Sode and Julie Meldahl's school before applying for admission to the Academy of Fine Arts for Women, where she studied at Viggo Johansen 1900-1902.
In 1902 she traveled to Florence as a nanny for a Danish family, giving her the opportunity to study the old masters of the art collections.
When she returned home, she continued her education in 1904-05 at Bertha and Dorph's painting school.
In 1905, she traveled to Paris and taught at various drawing schools while studying the collections of the Louvre, especially Leonardo da Vinci, who inspired her for the symbolic painting Five Sisters , 1905, which she debuted at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition the following year.
1906-07 she was a student at the French Academy in Rome.
With a few interruptions she exhibited at Charlottenborg's Spring Exhibition 1913-43, and on several occasions she also participated in Charlottenborg's Autumn Exhibition and the Artists' Autumn Exhibition.
She had several personal exhibitions, including 1910 in Ole Haslunds Hus, 1919 and 1923 in Kunstforeningen, 1927 at Møntergården and 1945 in Alfred Andersen's Art Shop.
She participated in several foreign exhibitions, for example Modern Danish Artists in Brighton, England 1912, and Exposition présentée par le Club international Féminin , Paris 1958. She was often represented at exhibitions reserved for women, for example Nine Painters in Admiral Gjeddes Gaard, in 1936 and Nordic Artists in Stockholm 1948.
She participated in the Women's Artists Retrospective Exhibition in 1920, which was organized by the Women's Artists Society, on whose board she sat. Along with 18 other members, including Anna and Helga Ancher, Christine Swane, Elisabeth Neckelmann and, Olivia Holm-Møller, she exhibited at the Kunstforeningen in 1930.
For the painting Three Sisters , she was awarded 1931 Carlson's Prize by the Academy. The painting shows both back to the old masters and to the new realists such as Niels Strøbek. Instead of the noble and royal figures of the past, she portrayed three middle-aged, life-marked, inward-looking and black-clad women who associate with mysterious figures such as norns and witches.
In 1911 when she married Paris author Louis Levy whose works she came to illustrate. The Woman with the Tree Head , 1924, and Children's Rhyme, 1935.
The couple had six children, and she managed to reconcile privacy and working life into a fruitful whole. Often the children modeled for her, and she has painted many portraits and pictures of children.
Her first child inspired her to the children's book Fregnes's Diary from his birth to his 2 Year Birthday , 1914, which she herself wrote and illustrated.
She also did illustrations for Charlotte Dorotha Biehl's letters, Emil Aarestrup's poems and Ingemann's morning and evening songs.
Her paintings were personal, fabulous and ironic, for example Spring , 1915, depicting a small family on a picnic. The man walks in the front, whistling like a bird, while the wife behind pulls with two children, who pull her in each direction. The anemones surge through the lumbering tree trunks. The image is influenced by the decorative trends of the time.
She was a contemporary artist, and she used both reinterpreted and she worked her way out of tradition. She also explored the many currents of the day, which included appears in the collage Fastelavn , 1918, which has adhered to parts of a fasteners rice. Sometimes the process may seem more important than the result, and she is constantly tumbling with form and color.
For a time she was very busy with Tivoli as the motif world, which can be seen in, for example, Linen dancer in Tivoli and Morning in Tivoli , issue 1918. In addition to portraits of herself and her husband, she portrayed famous persons such as Else Johs.V. Jensen, 1912, the author Thit Jensen, c.1923, and the mystic Martinus.
To emphasize the person's psyche, she used different styles and perceptions of color. Some works seem violent and disturbing, like the image of the author Poul Levin with family or Lunch , where the formal elements, such as picture plan and perspective, tip over completely and contribute to the impression of thumb.
She made many trips, including to Switzerland 1904, Russia 1905 and Iceland 1936, but especially to Italy and France.
She was awarded a number of scholarships, including Eibeschütz's Prize 1924 and Kristian Zahrtmann's Scholarship 1938.
After her husband's death in 1940, she lived at the Lodz Solder Farm in Rørvig, where she cultivated her garden and was inspired by the surrounding nature. She was organized and hospitable, and her home formed the framework for meeting with other artists, including EnHenry Heerup and Svend Guttorm.
- Creator:Margrete Levy (1881-1962, Danish)
- Dimensions:Height: 38 in (96.52 cm)Width: 45 in (114.3 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Los Angeles, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3914293192
About the Seller
5.0
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
Established in 1972
1stDibs seller since 2011
383 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Los Angeles, CA
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
More From This SellerView All
- NuBy Charles KvapilLocated in Los Angeles, CACHARLES KVAPIL "NU" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED BELGIAN, DATED 1932 46 X 32 INCHES FRAMED 55.5 X 41 INCHES Charles Kvapil 1884-1957 Charles Kvapil was born in 1884 in Anvers...Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- At The BathsLocated in Los Angeles, CAMarcel von Herrfeld, born in 1889, was a son of Alice Herrfeldt and the Spanish painter of nudes Luis Ricardo Falero (1851-1896) who worked in Pari...Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- The EntertainerBy Reza AfrookhtehLocated in Los Angeles, CAReza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors. He also studied privately with one of Persia’s mo...Category
Early 2000s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Young BeautyLocated in Los Angeles, CAMarcel von Herrfeld, born in 1889, was a son of Alice Herrfeldt and the Spanish painter of nudes Luis Ricardo Falero (1851-1896) who worked in Pari...Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- NY JAZZ #3By Reza AfrookhtehLocated in Los Angeles, CAFrame 64 X 36 inches Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors. He also studied privately ...Category
2010s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Sailor and LoverLocated in Los Angeles, CARoland Marie Gérardin was born in Paris in 1907. He is best known as a painter of historical, mythological, and religious subject matter as well as genre scenes. He studied with J...Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
You May Also Like
- A Chinese Company playing DroughtsLocated in Amsterdam, NLERWIN BINDEWALD (1897-1950) Two men playing draughts, a girl with the red book standing behind them Signed and dated E. Bindewald d.j., 27 Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 90.5 cm In black and gilt gesso frame. Note: Bindewald was born in Charlottenburg. He moved to Berlin in 1914 where he studied till 1924 at the Berliner Kunst Akademie. Bindewald travelled in Europe, but mainly stayed in Germany and certainly never was in China. This painting was made in Europe, presumably in the China Town of Berlin. Bindewald received several commisions in Germany from factory owners who wanted their factories painted inside, usually with workers, as well as outside. In the present painting the sitter on the right seems to be a man with a Manchurian background, wearing the brown coat reserved for the highest aristocracy in China. In China the black sleeve-ends completely cover the hands, indicating that the high aristocracy does not have to do any manuel labour. This man clearly is not a factory worker but he possibly is the (co)- owner of the factory in the background and as such might need his hands to do at least some writing. The man on the left in the modern Western suit...Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Oil on canvas, Naked woman lying in front of her mirrorBy Robert Louis Raymond DuflosLocated in Saint Amans des cots, FROil on canvas by Robert Louis Raymond DUFLOS (1898-1929), France, 1920s. Naked woman lying in front of her mirror. With frame: 95x61.5 cm - 37.4x24.2 inches - without frame: 73x40cm ...Category
1920s Art Deco Nude Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Charles PICART LE DOUX, Bouquet of Wild Flowers, 1934By Charles Picart le DouxLocated in Saint Amans des cots, FROil on canvas by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1934. Bouquet of Wild Flowers. Artwork typical of the manner of Charles Picart Le Doux. However, the robust and contrasti...Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- R.B. FELTRAP, Oil on canvas, Nude, 1937Located in Saint Amans des cots, FROil on canvas signed R.B.FELTRAP, France, 1937. Nude. With frame : 101.5x82.5 cm - 40x32.5 inches ; without frame : 92x73 cm - 36.2x28.75 inches. Format 30F. Signed and dated "R.B.Fe...Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Portrait of a Woman in Purple - Parisian Art Deco Female FigurativeBy Dominique AmendolaLocated in Soquel, CAPortrait of a Woman in Purple - Parisian Art Deco Female Figurative Colorful and quirky art deco style figure painting of a seated Parisian woman dressed in light purple with decora...Category
1990s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
- Art Deco male athlete harlequin with guitar by deaf artist cubist paintingLocated in Norwich, GBA stunning oil on canvas in the purest art deco style by French born Jean Hanau. It depicts a harlequin-in a tight chequered body suit. Athletically built, ...Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Interior Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
