Henri Le Fauconnier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French painter
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Place of Birth: Hesdin, Hauts-de-France, France
About Henri Le Fauconnier
- Henri Victor Gabriel Le Fauconnier (July 5, 1881 – December 25, 1946) was a French Cubist painter born in Hesdin.
- Le Fauconnier was seen as one of the leading figures among the Montparnasse Cubists.
- At the 1911 Salon des Indépendants Le Fauconnier and colleagues Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Fernand Léger and Robert Delaunay caused a scandal with their Cubist paintings.
- He was in contacts with many European avant-garde artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, writing a theoretical text for the catalogue of the Neue KĂĽnstlervereinigung in Munich, of which he became a member.
- His paintings were exhibited in Moscow reproduced as examples of the latest art in Der Blaue Reiter Almanach (The Blue Rider Almanac).
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