Charles Levier, (French, 1920-2003)
Jeunes Filles/ Young Girls
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Private collection
Charles Levier, French (1920 - 2003), 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.
Coming to
America, to live, he divided his time between the USA and France, preparing for
his first one-man show, which took place at the Galerie Constantine, in Lyons
in 1949, followed by an American debut in Los Angeles in 1950. The year 1955
found him exhibiting at the Galleries de Colisee in Paris and then returning to
America where an old friend, Dr. Lilienfeld of Van-Diemen, Lilienfeld Gallery
in New York City began to present his paintings.
He is represented in the Museum of Modern Art in Paris and
the Menton Museum in Paris. In the USA, his work can be found in the permanent
collection of the Atlanta Museum, the Seattle Museum, the Evansville Museum,
the New Orleans Museum and the San Diego Museum. Charles Levier died on
September 3rd of 2003. More
on Charles Levier
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