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Throughout the
world are to be found his paintings in countless private and public collections
by the highly successful French painter, Charles Levier. 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.
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.
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.
Dr. Lilienfelds taste was widely respected and his scholarship much reported
since he had helped to compile and write biographies for the definitive are
reference work in German, Thieme-Becker. His personal enthusiasm for and
recommendation of Leviers work was instrumental in establishing him as a
significant artist, and proved a most valuable introduction to innumerable
collectors.
For over thirty years, Levier has enjoyed an important position with countless
exhibitions around the world. E. Benezit, "Dictionnaries des Peintres,
Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs", vol. 6, page 630, confirms Leviers solid
price structure b y listing prices obtained for his works at public auction in
New York City over thirty years ago (1961), at $900 - $1,500. His works now sell
regularly at auction for as high as $14,000.
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.
Chappelle du Village |
Paris Street Scene |
| SOLD ARTWORK |
Marina Scene -
SOLD |
Landscape in Corsica - SOLD |
Harbor
- SOLD |
Le Vert Galant - SOLD |
Three Women -
SOLD |
Still Life - SOLD |
French Street Scene
- SOLD |
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