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La Fresnaye, Roger de
La Fresnaye, Roger de (1885–1925). French painter. He was born in Le Mans, the son of an aristocratic army officer, and between 1903 and 1909 studied in Paris successively at the Académie Julian, the École des Beaux-Arts, and the Académie Ranson. In 1912–14 he was a member of the Section d'Or group, and his work shows an individual response to Cubism; his paintings were more naturalistic than those of Braque and Picasso, but he adopted something of their method of analysing forms into planes. The effect in La Fresnaye's work, however, is more decorative than structural, and his prismatic colours reflect the influence of Delaunay, as in his most famous and personal work, The Conquest of the Air (MOMA, New York, 1913), in which he portrays himself and his brother in an exhilaratingly airy setting with a balloon ascending in the background. La Fresnaye's health was ruined during his service in the army in the First World War (he was discharged with tuberculosis) and he never again had the physical energy for sustained work. In his later paintings he abandoned Cubist spatial analysis for a more linear style. His final works include a number of self-portraits.
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IAN CHILVERS. "La Fresnaye, Roger de." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "La Fresnaye, Roger de." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-LaFresnayeRogerde.html IAN CHILVERS. "La Fresnaye, Roger de." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-LaFresnayeRogerde.html |
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La Fresnaye, Roger de
La Fresnaye, Roger de (b Le Mans, 11 July 1885; d Grasse, 27 Nov. 1925). French painter. In 1912–14 he was a member of the Section d'Or group, and his work shows an individual response to Cubism; his paintings were more naturalistic than those of Braque and Picasso, but he adopted something of their method of analysing forms into planes. The effect in La Fresnaye's work, however, is more decorative than structural, and his prismatic colours reflect the influence of Delaunay, as in his most famous and personal work, The Conquest of the Air (1913, MoMA, New York), in which he portrays himself and his brother in an exhilaratingly airy setting with a balloon ascending in the background. La Fresnaye's health was ruined during his service in the army during the First World War and he never again had the energy for sustained work. In his later paintings he abandoned Cubist spatial analysis for a more linear style.
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IAN CHILVERS. "La Fresnaye, Roger de." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "La Fresnaye, Roger de." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-LaFresnayeRogerde.html IAN CHILVERS. "La Fresnaye, Roger de." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-LaFresnayeRogerde.html |
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La Fresnaye, Roger de
La Fresnaye, Roger de (1885–1925). French painter. In 1912–14 he was a member of the Section d'Or group, and his work shows an individual response to Cubism; his paintings were more naturalistic than those of Braque and Picasso, but he adopted something of their method of analysing forms into planes. The effect in La Fresnaye's work, however, is more decorative than structural, and his prismatic colours reflect the influence of Delaunay, as in his most famous and personal work, The Conquest of the Air (1913, MoMA, New York), in which he portrays himself and his brother in an exhilaratingly airy setting with a balloon ascending in the background. La Fresnaye's health was ruined during his service in the army during the First World War and he never again had the energy for sustained work. In his later paintings he abandoned Cubist spatial analysis for a more linear style.
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IAN CHILVERS. "La Fresnaye, Roger de." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "La Fresnaye, Roger de." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-LaFresnayeRogerde.html IAN CHILVERS. "La Fresnaye, Roger de." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-LaFresnayeRogerde.html |
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