A Rare Abstract By Well Known Franco American Painter Charles Levier (1920 To 2003)

Oil painting by Charles Levier (1920-2003) Most of Levier’s work was stylistically figurative, a touch of abstraction as with all the School of Paris but otherwise essentially representational. This is an experiment with abstract forms that was being repeated all over the Western art world at the time. Possibly painted for his own pleasure but presumably sold commercially as it was acquired along with a larger collection of his work in the States. Great fun as abstracts go and certainly wonderfully decorative for a 1950s interior. Charles Levier (1920-2003) Born to a French father and American mother in Corsica, from an early age he held a fascination with colour and form that led him, at age seventeen, to the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Decoratifs for private studies. During World War II, Levier served in the French Army in North Africa, later becoming Liaison Officer with the U.S. Office of Strategic Services. After the war, Levier divided his time between the United States and France. His first one-man show opened at the Galerie Constantine, in Lyons in 1949, followed by an American debut in Los Angeles in 1950. Levier continued to have gallery shows on both sides of the Atlantic. Levier's works are represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Paris and the Menton Museum, Paris. In the United States, 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. Private collectors have included Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. In its original wood and gilt frame.