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Medium: Pencil
Artist: Carlos Carnero
CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait"
by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980)
Pencil on thin paper, unframed
paper: 10.5 x 8.25 inches
provenance: the artists estate, Pari...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Pencil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pencil
CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait"
by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980)
Pencil on thin paper, unframed
paper: 10.5 x 8.25 inches
provenance: the artists estate, Pari...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Pencil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pencil
CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape"
by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980)
Pen and pencil on paper, unframed
paper: 16.75 x 5.75 inches
provenance: the artists estate, Paris
Fine original French drawing by the important and fascinating painter, Carlos Carnero (1922-1980). The painting has excellent provenance, having come from the artists estate sale in Paris. The artists close connection to one of the 20th centuries most important artists, Fernand Leger is of important significance, with his own work being widely collected and appreciated.
The artist:
Carlos Carnero (1922-1980), a native of Montevideo, emigrates to Paris and joins Fernand Léger's studio workshop at the end of the 1940s. Located on the Boulevard de Clichy, the workshop-school has some seventy-five students. At the end of his life, Léger elaborates a protest against Cubism advocates the return to the human figure. The head of the workshop, Nadia Khodasievich, brilliant painter, first pupil of Malevich, then of Leger in the mid-1920s, became the assistant thenthe mistress of this one and the wife in 1952. In the workshop, Carlos Carnero, soon nicknamed
"Carlos" is noted for his talent and involvement. In addition to art education, the couple Léger entrusts the task of the secretariat of the workshop: movements of the stocks, inventory paintings, material organization of exhibitions. After the death of Léger in 1955, Carlos becomes very close to Nadia, rigorous in the construction of the posterity of the master. With his new companion Georges Bauquier, they found, on their own funds, the museum Fernand Léger de Biot - Carnero gives his assistance.
Carnero's style is very close to that of his master, filled with joy and colorful dynamism. At the beginning of the 50's, he tried the cubisante figuration of the portraits of Picasso then adopts the abstract balances between lines, shapes and colors of Léger.
Some dates:
Classical studies in Montevideo (Uruguay).
1941 to 1946 School of Fine Arts, architecture section (Montevideo).
1947 Travel grant (Italy, Spain, France).
1948 Painting workshop at André Lhote workshop.
1949 Entered the Académie Fernand Léger, first student, then
1949 to 1955 Assistant-collaborator of Fernand Léger.
1955 to 1970 Collaborator of Nadia Khodasievitch and Georges Bauquier.
Exhibitions:
1950 Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, Atelier Fernand Léger, Exposition collective,
juillet 1950.
1951 Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Atelier Fernand Léger, exposition
annuelle, décembre 1951.
1953 Salon des Artistes indépendants, Paris.
1953-1954 Galerie Gentilhommière, Paris, Groupe 53.
1957-1958 Première Biennale de la “Jeune Peinture”, musée des Arts décoratifs,
Paris, mai-juin 1957, Francfort, Montréal, 1958.
1959 “École de Paris” à Vienne, Linz, Gratz.
Galerie de France, “Cinq peintres – Un sculpteur”.
1960 Galerie Création à Roubaix. Exposition personnelle.
1961 Galerie Pierre Weiller à Paris. Exposition personnelle.
Salon des Réalités nouvelles. Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. Exposition personnelle, mai 1961.
1962 Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, “Antagonismes 2 - L’objet”, juillet-octobre 1962.
Galerie Pierre Weiller, Paris, “Poèmes Peints”, mars-avril 1962.
Exposition personnelle.
Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris : “L’art latino-américain à Paris”.
1962-1963 Exposition de peinture contemporaine, Communauté européenne,
Prix Marzotto. Italie, Allemagne, Belgique, France.
Exposition des Artistes latino-américains, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris.
“Expressions Nouvelles”, Antibes.
1962 à 1965 Salon “Comparaisons”. L’Oeil de Boeuf, Galerie 7...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Pencil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pen, Pencil
CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL INK DRAWING - FIGURE SKETCHES DOODLES
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Doodles"
by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980)
ink drawing, on very thin paper, unframed
paper: 10.75 x 8.25 inches
provenance: the artists e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Pencil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pencil
CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL PEN & INK DRAWING - FIGURES ON THE BEACH
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"On the Beach"
by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980)
ink drawing, on very thin paper, unframed
paper: 8.25 x 10.75 inches
provenance: the artists estate, Paris
Fine origin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Pencil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pencil
CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape"
by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980)
Pencil on thin card, unframed
paper: 17.25 x 9.75 inches
provenance: the artists estate, Paris
Fine original French drawing by the important and fascinating painter, Carlos Carnero (1922-1980). The painting has excellent provenance, having come from the artists estate sale in Paris. The artists close connection to one of the 20th centuries most important artists, Fernand Leger is of important significance, with his own work being widely collected and appreciated.
The artist:
Carlos Carnero (1922-1980), a native of Montevideo, emigrates to Paris and joins Fernand Léger's studio workshop at the end of the 1940s. Located on the Boulevard de Clichy, the workshop-school has some seventy-five students. At the end of his life, Léger elaborates a protest against Cubism advocates the return to the human figure. The head of the workshop, Nadia Khodasievich, brilliant painter, first pupil of Malevich, then of Leger in the mid-1920s, became the assistant thenthe mistress of this one and the wife in 1952. In the workshop, Carlos Carnero, soon nicknamed
"Carlos" is noted for his talent and involvement. In addition to art education, the couple Léger entrusts the task of the secretariat of the workshop: movements of the stocks, inventory paintings, material organization of exhibitions. After the death of Léger in 1955, Carlos becomes very close to Nadia, rigorous in the construction of the posterity of the master. With his new companion Georges Bauquier, they found, on their own funds, the museum Fernand Léger de Biot - Carnero gives his assistance.
Carnero's style is very close to that of his master, filled with joy and colorful dynamism. At the beginning of the 50's, he tried the cubisante figuration of the portraits of Picasso then adopts the abstract balances between lines, shapes and colors of Léger.
Some dates:
Classical studies in Montevideo (Uruguay).
1941 to 1946 School of Fine Arts, architecture section (Montevideo).
1947 Travel grant (Italy, Spain, France).
1948 Painting workshop at André Lhote workshop.
1949 Entered the Académie Fernand Léger, first student, then
1949 to 1955 Assistant-collaborator of Fernand Léger.
1955 to 1970 Collaborator of Nadia Khodasievitch and Georges Bauquier.
Exhibitions:
1950 Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, Atelier Fernand Léger, Exposition collective,
juillet 1950.
1951 Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Atelier Fernand Léger, exposition
annuelle, décembre 1951.
1953 Salon des Artistes indépendants, Paris.
1953-1954 Galerie Gentilhommière, Paris, Groupe 53.
1957-1958 Première Biennale de la “Jeune Peinture”, musée des Arts décoratifs,
Paris, mai-juin 1957, Francfort, Montréal, 1958.
1959 “École de Paris” à Vienne, Linz, Gratz.
Galerie de France, “Cinq peintres – Un sculpteur”.
1960 Galerie Création à Roubaix. Exposition personnelle.
1961 Galerie Pierre Weiller à Paris. Exposition personnelle.
Salon des Réalités nouvelles. Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. Exposition personnelle, mai 1961.
1962 Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, “Antagonismes 2 - L’objet”, juillet-octobre 1962.
Galerie Pierre Weiller, Paris, “Poèmes Peints”, mars-avril 1962.
Exposition personnelle.
Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris : “L’art latino-américain à Paris”.
1962-1963 Exposition de peinture contemporaine, Communauté européenne,
Prix Marzotto. Italie, Allemagne, Belgique, France.
Exposition des Artistes latino-américains, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris.
“Expressions Nouvelles”, Antibes.
1962 à 1965 Salon “Comparaisons”. L’Oeil de Boeuf, Galerie 7...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Pencil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pencil
CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract"
by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980)
Pencil on thin paper, unframed
paper: 4.75 x 3.75 inches
provenance: the artists estate, Paris
Fine original French drawin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Pencil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pencil
CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract"
by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980)
Pencil on thin card, unframed
Thin Card: 4 x 5.25 inches
provenance: the artists estate, Paris
Fine original French drawin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Pencil Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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