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[[File:Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer.jpg|thumb|Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer.]]
'''Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer''' (September 30, September 1865 - September– 24, September 1953) was a French artist and a leading exponent of [[FranceFin de siècle|Frenchfin-de-siècle]] [[Symbolism (arts)|SymbolistSymbolism]]/ and [[Art Nouveau]]. artist whoseHis works include paintings, drawings, ceramics, furniture and interior design.
 
==BiographyEarly life==
[[Image:Levy-dhurmer woman medallion.jpeg|thumb|left|200px|''La Femme à la Médaille ou Mystére/Woman with a Mysterious MedallionMystère'' (1896) by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer. Collection of the [[Musée d'Orsay]], Paris]]▼
He was born Lucien Lévy to a [[Jew]]ish family in [[Algiers]]. In 1879 he began studying [[drawing]] and [[sculpture]] in [[Paris]]. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1882 where he showed a small ceramic plaque.<ref name=LLD>{{cite web|url=http://www.all-art.org/symbolism/4-france11-01.htm|title=Symbolism in France: Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer|accessdate=2010-07-24}}</ref> In 1887 Lévy began making his living near [[Cannes]] in southern France, overseeing the decoration of [[ceramics (art)|ceramics]]. From 1886 to 1895 he worked as a ceramic decorator and then as artistic director of the studio of [[Clément Massier]]. Around 1892 he signed his first pieces of ceramics, which were influenced by [[Islamic Art]]<ref name=LLD/>. In 1895 he left for Paris to begin a career in painting; around this time he visited [[Italy]] and was further influenced by art of the [[Italian Renaissance|Renaissance]].▼
▲[[Image:Levy-dhurmer woman medallion.jpeg|thumb|left|200px|''La Femme à la Médaille ou Mystére/Woman with a Mysterious Medallion'' (1896) by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer. Collection of the [[Musée d'Orsay]], Paris]]
[[Image:Levy-Dhurmer Wisteria Dining Room.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''The Wisteria Room'' (1910-14) by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer. Collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York]]
In 1896 he exhibited his first [[pastel]]s and paintings under the name Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer; he'd added the last two syllables of his mother's maiden name (Goldhurmer), likely to differentiate himself from other people named Lévy. His paintings soon became popular with the public and among fellow artists as well. He earned high praise for the academic attention to detail with which he captured figures lost in a [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood|Pre-Raphaelite]] haze of [[melancholia|melancholy]], contrasted with bright [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] colouration. His portrait of writer [[Georges Rodenbach]] is perhaps the most striking example of this strange and extraordinary synergy. ▼
 
▲He was bornBorn Lucien Lévy to a [[Jew]]ish family in [[Algiers]]., In[[French 1879Algeria]] in 1865, he began studying [[drawing]] and [[sculpture]] in [[Paris]] at the Ecole Supérieure de Dessin et de Sculpture in 1879. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1882 where he showed a small ceramic plaque.<ref name=LLD>{{cite web|url=http://www.all-art.org/symbolism/4-france11-01.htm|title=Symbolism in France: Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer|accessdate=2010-07-24}}</ref> In 1887 Lévy began making his living near [[Cannes]] in southern France, overseeing the decoration of [[ceramics (art)|ceramics]]. From 1886 to 1895 he worked as a ceramic decorator and then as artistic director of the studio of [[Clément Massier]]. Around 1892 he signed his first pieces of ceramics, which were influenced by [[Islamic Art]].<ref name=LLD/>. In 1895 he left for Paris to begin a career in painting; around this time he visited [[Italy]] and was further influenced by art of the [[Italian Renaissance|Renaissance]].
After 1901 Lévy-Dhurmer moved away from expressly Symbolist content, incorporating more [[landscape]]s into his work because of his travels in Europe and North Africa. He continued to draw inspiration from music and attempted to capture works of great composers such as [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] in painted form.▼
 
==Career==
In 1914 he married [[Emmy Fournier]], who had been an editor of the early feminist newspaper ''[[La Fronde]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smvk.cwahi.net/Lucien_Levy-Dhurmer/levy03.htm|title=Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer 1865-1953|accessdate=2010-07-24}}</ref> By this time he was working primarily on landscapes, both oil and pastel, in a style similar to [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler|Whistler]] and [[Monet]].▼
[[File:Levy-Dhurmer-Dining-Room-1914.jpg|thumb|Levy-Durmer Wisteria Dining Room in Paris, 1914, vintage silver print]]
 
▲In 1896 he exhibited his first [[pastel]]s and paintings under the name Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer; he'd had added the last two syllables of his mother's maiden name (Goldhurmer), likely to differentiate himself from other people named Lévy. His paintings soon became popular with the public and among fellow artists as well. He earned high praise for the academic attention to detail with which he captured figures lost in a [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood|Pre-Raphaelite]] haze of [[melancholia|melancholy]], contrasted with bright [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] colouration. His portrait of writer [[Georges Rodenbach]] is perhaps the most striking example of this strange and extraordinary synergy.
He died in [[Le Vésinet]] in 1953.▼
 
▲After 1901 Lévy-Dhurmer moved away from expressly Symbolist content, incorporating more [[landscape]]s into his work because of his travels in Europe and North Africa. He continued to draw inspiration from music and attempted to capture works of great composers such as [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] in painted form.
 
==Personal life==
[[File:Le_fondeur_de_bronze_by_Lucien_Lévy-Dhurmer.jpg|thumb|''Le fondeur de bronze'' by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer. Circa 1906-1907. Pastel on paper.]]
▲In 1914 heLévy-Dhurmer married [[Emmy Fournier]], who had been an editor of the early feminist newspaper ''[[La Fronde (newspaper)|La Fronde]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smvk.cwahi.net/Lucien_Levy-Dhurmer/levy03.htm|title=Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer 1865-1953|accessdate=2010-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723065216/http://smvk.cwahi.net/Lucien_Levy-Dhurmer/levy03.htm|archive-date=2011-07-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> By this time he was working primarily on landscapes, both oil and pastel, in a style similar to [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler|Whistler]] and [[Monet]].
 
==Works of ArtDeath==
▲HeLévy-Dhurmer died in [[Le Vésinet]] in 1953.
 
==Works==
* ''La Sorcière'', 1897, pastel on paper, 61 x 46 cm, Paris : Musée d’Orsay. ▼
* ''Le Silence'', 1895, pastel, 54 x 29 cm, Paris : Musée d'Orsay.▼
* ''Les aveugles à Tanger'', 1901, pastel on paper, 50 x 70 cm, Paris : Musée d’Orsay. ▼
* ''L’explorateur perdu'', 1896, pastel on paper, 59 x 38 cm, Paris : Musée d’Orsay. ▼
* ''Méduse'', 1897, Pastel and charcoal on paper, 59 x 40 cm, Paris : Musée d’Orsay. ▼
* ''Portrait de [[Georges Rodenbach]]'', ca. 1895, pastel on paper, 36 x 55 cm, signed : "''L. Lévy-Dhurmer''", Paris : Musée d'Orsay. ▼
* ''Portrait de [[Pierre Loti]]'' or ''Fantôme d'Orient'', 1896, pastel, 42,5 x 56,5 cm, Bayonne : Musée basque. ▼
 
[[File:Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer - Le Silence - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|200px|Le Silence, 1895]]
* ''Feux d'artifice à Venise'', s.d., pastel, 87,5 x 53,8 cm, Paris : Musée du Petit Palais ▼
[[File:Ariette).jpg|thumb|200px|Ariette]]
* ''Torse de femme vue de face'', s.d., pastel, 80 x 55 cm, Paris : Musée du Petit Palais.▼
[[File:Beethoven Mask (c. 1906) - Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s Mask, 1906]]
* ''Torse de femme vue de dos'', s.d., pastel, 80 x 43,5 cm, Paris : Musée du Petit Palais.▼
[[File:Deux Sikhs (1917) - Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer.jpg|thumb|200px|Deus sikhs ("Two Sikhs"), 1917]]
 
[[File:Erinna Lévy-Dhurmer.jpg|thumb|200px|Les Kitharèdes, 1904]]
* ''Le Marocain'' ou ''Le Fanatique'', ca. 1900, oil on canvas, 64,5 x 50 cm, Paris : [[musée du Quai Branly]], ▼
[[File:Young Woman with Wreath of Flowers in Hair (1896) - Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer.jpg|thumb|200px|Young Woman with Wreath of Flowers in Hair, 1896]]
 
* ''Notre Dame de Penmarc'h'', 1896, oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm, signed and dated : "''L. Lévy-Dhurmer / 1896''", Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper. ▼
 
* ''Eve'', 1896, pastel and gouache, 49 x 46 cm, private collection.▼
* ''Bourrasque'', ca. 1896, pastel on paper, 40 x 48 cm, Paris : private collection. ▼
* ''La mort d'Atala'', 1801, porcelain painting, 41 x 60 cm, Maison de Chateaubriand▼
* ''Alfred-Philippe Roll (1847-1919)'', 1913, pastel on paper, 153,4 x 95 cm (1913), Musée de l’Histoire de France (Versailles)▼
* ''Les Mères pendant la guerre : douze compositions inédites'', Paris : Devambez, 1917, Paris : Musée d’histoire contemporaine. ▼
 
▲* ''La Sorcière'', 1897, pastel on paper, 61 x 46 &nbsp;cm, Paris : Musée d’Orsay.
▲* ''Le Silence'', 1895, pastel, 54 x 29 &nbsp;cm, Paris : Musée d'Orsay.
▲* ''Les aveugles à Tanger'', 1901, pastel on paper, 50 x 70 &nbsp;cm, Paris : Musée d’Orsay.
▲* ''L’explorateur perdu'', 1896, pastel on paper, 59 x 38 &nbsp;cm, Paris : Musée d’Orsay.
▲* ''Méduse'', 1897, Pastel and charcoal on paper, 59 x 40 &nbsp;cm, Paris : Musée d’Orsay.
▲* ''Portrait de [[Georges Rodenbach]]'', ca. 1895, pastel on paper, 36 x 55 &nbsp;cm, signed : "''L. Lévy-Dhurmer''", Paris : Musée d'Orsay.
▲* ''Portrait de [[Pierre Loti]]'' or ''Fantôme d'Orient'', 1896, pastel, 42,5 x 56,5 &nbsp;cm, Bayonne : Musée basque.
▲* ''Feux d'artifice à Venise'', s.d., pastel, 87,5 x 53,8 &nbsp;cm, Paris : Musée du Petit Palais
▲* ''Torse de femme vue de face'', s.d., pastel, 80 x 55 &nbsp;cm, Paris : Musée du Petit Palais.
▲* ''Torse de femme vue de dos'', s.d., pastel, 80 x 43,5 &nbsp;cm, Paris : Musée du Petit Palais.
▲* ''Le Marocain'' ou ''Le Fanatique'', ca. 1900, oil on canvas, 64,5 x 50 &nbsp;cm, Paris : [[musée du Quai Branly]],
▲* ''Notre Dame de Penmarc'h'', 1896, oil on canvas, 41 x 33 &nbsp;cm, signed and dated : "''L. Lévy-Dhurmer / 1896''", Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper.
▲* ''Eve'', 1896, pastel and gouache, 49 x 46 &nbsp;cm, private collection.
▲* ''Bourrasque'', ca. 1896, pastel on paper, 40 x 48 &nbsp;cm, Paris : private collection.
▲* ''La mort d'Atala'', 1801, [[porcelain painting]], 41 x 60 &nbsp;cm, Maison de Chateaubriand
▲* ''Alfred-Philippe Roll (1847-1919)'', 1913, pastel on paper, 153,4 x 95 &nbsp;cm (1913), Musée de l’Histoire de France (Versailles)
▲* ''Les Mères pendant la guerre : douze compositions inédites'', Paris : Devambez, 1917, Paris : Musée d’histoire contemporaine.
 
'''Music''' :
* ''Les roses d'Ispahan'', from a melody of Fauré, pastel, private collection.
* ''L'après-midi d'un faune'', pastel, Paris, private collection.
* Triptych, ca. 1906, pastel and pencil, Paris : Musée du Petit Palais : ''Hymne à la joie'', 48 x 63 &nbsp;cm, ''[[Beethoven]]'', 63 x 48 &nbsp;cm, ''L'Appassionata'' 48 x 63 &nbsp;cm.
 
 
'''French Art Nouveau interior''' :
 
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer realised the architectural setting of the house of Auguste Rateau (1863-19301863–1930) between 1910 and 1914. The entire room ''[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/66.244.1-.2,.9,.10 Wisteria Dining room]'' is now conserved at the [[Metropolitan Museum]].
 
==References==
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==Sources==
 
===Primary sources===
* Archives of the Family Zagorowsky at la Documentation du Musée d'Orsay.
* Polak, Félix (1896). « Exposition Lévy-Dhurmer », in ''Art et Chiffons'', n°6, 9 février.
* Sorrèze, Jacques (1900). « Artistes contemporains L. Lévy-Dhurmer », in ''Revue de l'art Ancien et Moderne'', 10 avril.
* Thévenin, Léon (1898). ''La Renaissance Paienne''. Paris : L. Vanier.
 
===Secondary sources===
* Barbe, Françoise. Duclos, Clarisse (1982). ''Le portrait chez Lévy-Dhurmer''. Paris : Université Paris-Sorbonne.
* Gibson, Michael (1995). "Symbolism". [[Cologne|Köln]]: Benedikit [[Taschen]] Verlag. {{ISBN |3-8228-9324-2}}.
* [[Geneviève Lacambre|Lacambre, Geneviève]] (1973). « Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer 1865-1953 », in ''La Revue du Louvre''. Paris, n°1, p. &nbsp;27-34.
* Peltre, Christine (1997). ''Les Orientalistes''. Paris : Hazan.
* Sage, Deborah (2009-20112009–2011), ''Les voyages de Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (1865-1953) ''. Paris : Université Paris Ouest-La Défense.
* Thornton, Lynne (1983). ''Les Orientalistes, peintres voyageurs : 1828-1908''. Paris : ACR.
* ''Autour de Lévy-Dhurmer, Visionnaires et intimistes en 1900'' (1973). Catalogue d’exposition, Galerie du Grand Palais, Paris. ▼
 
▲* ''Autour de Lévy-Dhurmer, Visionnaires et intimistes en 1900'' (1973). Catalogue d’exposition, Galerie du Grand Palais, Paris.
 
==External links==
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* [http://www.photo.rmn.fr/cf/htm/CSearchT.aspx?V=CSearchT&SID=2K1KTSUO2YKL1&E=S_2K1KTSUO2YKL1&NoR=500&New=T Agence photographique de la RMN]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110827120231/http://smvk.cwahi.net/Lucien_Levy-Dhurmer/levy00.htm Some works of art of Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer].
* Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer in le [http://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/collections/catalogue-des-oeuvres/resultat-collection.html?no_cache=1&zsz=1&zs_r_2_z=3&zs_r_2_w=L%C3%A9vy-Dhurmer%2C%20Lucien&zs_ah=oeuvre&zs_rf=mos_a&zs_mf=21&zs_sf=0&zs_send_x=1&zs_liste_only=1 Musée d'Orsay].
* Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer in the [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_levydhur.htm Metropolitan Museum de New York].
 
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