Charles Levier, Charles Levier Modernist Artist Vase of Flowers in Bloom Window Paris Modernism, c.1960's

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Charles Levier (French, 1920-2003) Fleurs a La Fenetre, Flowers at the Window, Oil on Canvas Hand signed lower left, Hand … Read more Charles Levier (French, 1920-2003) Fleurs a La Fenetre, Flowers at the Window, Oil on Canvas Hand signed lower left, Hand signed and titled verso depicting a vase of white, blue, purple, orange, green, and yellow flowers at a window ledge against a blue sky. Dimensions: 20 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 Jansem, Jean Dufy, Claude Venard, Bernard Buffet, Yvonne Canu and others. His paintings of Parisian beauties and boulevards are collected worldwide. Throughout the world his paintings are found 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. His work was included in the 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, "Dictionnaires des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs" See less