RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier

RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier
RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier
RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier
RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier
RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier
RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier
RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier
RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier
RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier
RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier
RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier
RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier

RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier

This is a fantastic and RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting on Masonite, by French modernist painter Charles Levier aka "Maurice Verrier" 1920 - 2004. This work depicts a colorful and abstracted Clown, standing against a vibrant mauve and lavender background. Signed with his pseudonym: "Verrier" at the middle right edge. Approximately 19 x 23 inches including frame.

Actual artwork is approximately 11 x 15 inches. Very good condition for age, with some light scuffing and edge wear to the original period frame please see photos. Acquired in Los Angeles County, California. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks!

Landscape, still life and figure painting. 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 broke out and Levier served in the French army in North Africa, later becoming Liaison Officer with the U. Coming to America to live, Levier divided his time between the United States and France. Leviers' first one-man show took place at the Galerie Constantine in Lyons in 1949, followed by an American debut in Los Angeles in 1950.

In 1955, he came to the attention of Dr. Lilienfeld of Van-Diemen, Lilienfeld Gallery in New York City.

Lilienfeld was widely respected, and his personal enthusiasm of Levier's work was instrumental in establishing him as a significant artist and proved a most valuable introduction to numerous collectors. Levier is first and foremost a figurative painter, dramatic and expressionistic, definitive yet seductive, yet always subtle with carefully considered colors. Charles Levier was Corsican born in 1920 to a French Father and American Mother. He studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs. His works were shown in France and America where he split his time and can be seen in many museums.

It is well known for his abstract and cubist techniques of still-lifes, harbours, cityscapes and figurative works. Some of his works can be signed with one of his pseudonyms'Villard' or'Verrier'. Levier was a contemporary of Bernard Buffet and they had a very similar style of work. Buffet worked hard to keep Levier's reputation low in France. None the less Levier had a great following there and in the USA. This superb example of Levier's work is in absolute original condition and has never been cleaned.

It has very soft dusky colours all over with brighter hues from the orange flowers and ocean scape/boat through the window. The painting is in untouched original condition likewise the frame. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings".

The seller is "willsusa_utzeqm" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
RARE Vintage Mid Century Modern French Cubist Oil Painting, Charles Levier