Chair from Suite of Furniture (Primary Title)
Chair (Alternate Title)
Félix Del Marle, French, 1889 - 1952 (Artist)
In 1913 the French painter Félix Del Marle published his Futurist Manifesto of Montmartre, in which he criticized the bohemianism of his fellow Parisians. Although he was not Italian, he was welcomed by the Italian Futurists, a group of painters, poets, sculptors, and architects who glorify technology, war, and other aspects of modern life through their work. After World War I, Del Marle met followers of the Dutch De Stijl Movement and adopted their philosophy, which emphasize the use of primary colors, straight lines, rectangles, and squares. Working with De Stijl theory, Del Marle made this suite of furniture for his own house at Pont-sur-Sambre in Bécon, France.
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
Felix Del Marle, Galerie Chauvelin, Paris, June 6-July 15, 1973.
©artist or artist’s estate
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