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Charles LevierLarge Modernist Paris Street Scene Wine Shop Montmartre Cafe Ladies Lithographc.1960's
c.1960's
About the Item
Framed 32 x 26 image 22 x 16
Charles Levier (1920-2004)
He was born in 1920 of a French father and American mother in Corsica. He held a fascination with color and form that led him, at age seventeen, to the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs for private studies. World War II came along and Levier served in the French Army in North Africa later becoming Liaison Officer with the U.S. Office of Strategic Services. He worked in a Post Impressionist style with Abstract Cubist influences. He also painted under the pseudonym Maurice Verrier. He is part of the mid century Ecole de Paris along with Bernard Lorjou, Andre Hambourg, Paul Augustin Aizpiri, Michel Henry, Jean Dufy, Claude Venard, Yvonne Canu and others. His paintings of Parisian beauties and boulevards are collected worldwide. Throughout the world are to be found his paintings in countless private and public collections. Among those who are collectors are Mr. And Mrs. Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Adlai Stevenson, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Prince and Princess Poniatoski, Mrs. Dan Topping, Mr. And Mrs. Dean Martin and many others.
Provenance: Important Miami Beach estate that included many paintings and sculpture by Post Impressionist masterpieces and works by Latin American masters.
Select Exhibitions
1956 Van Diemen Lilienfeld Gallery, New York, NY
1955 Galleries de Colisee, Paris, France
1950 Martin Lowitz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1949 Galerie Constantine, Lyons, France (solo)
Select Public Collections
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Tucson Flint Institute Of Art, Tucson, AZ
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI
San Diego Museum of Fine Arts, San Diego, CA
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Evansville Museum of Art & Science, Evansville, IL
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
The High Museum, Atlanta, GA
Menton Museum, Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
Literature
E. Benezit, "Dictionnaries des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs"
- Creator:Charles Levier (1920-2003, French)
- Creation Year:c.1960's
- Dimensions:Height: 32 in (81.28 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)
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- Condition:minor wear. please see photos.
- Gallery Location:Surfside, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3829513422
Charles Levier
Charles Levier was born on January 26, 1920, in Corsica. He was the son of a French father and an American mother. He held a fascination with color and form that led him, at age 17, to the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris for private studies. World War II came along and Levier served in the French Army in North Africa, later becoming Liaison Officer with the U.S. Office of Strategic Services. Paintings by Levier can be found in countless private and public collections. Among those collectors are Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Adlai Stevenson, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Prince and Princess Poniatowski, Mrs. Dan Topping, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Martin and many others. Levier died in 2003.
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