Born in the ancient market town of Dax, not far from coastal Biarritz, in southwestern France, Léon Gischia moved to Paris in the early 1920s, where he studied under the French artist Ferdinand Léger in his Montparnasse studio. Alongside artists Amédée Ozenfant and Le Corbusier, Ferdinand Léger was a principal exponent of the Purist movement. Purism’s unique fusion of figurative representation with vibrant Cubism would prove a lifelong influence upon the work of Léon Gischia.
As part of the International Exhibition in Paris, over the summer of 1937, Gischia collaborated with his former-teacher Léger on Le Corbusier’s radical designs for the Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux. A huge tent erected outside the main grounds of the exhibition — and described by a critic of the day as “the most exciting, convincing and easily remembered” — they expressed their vision of an ‘ideal city’ of the future. Fast gaining a significant artistic reputation, Gischia was recognised by influential Parisian art dealer and publisher Jeanne Bucher. His first solo exhibition took place in March 1938 at Bucher’s Montparnasse gallery, and amid garnering critical acclaim, his artistic debut was followed in 1939 by an exhibition at Galerie Alfred Poyet — just north of the Élysée Palace — in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
After the outbreak of the Second World War and the Nazi invasion in June 1940, Gischia remained in Paris and resolutely resisted the “degenerate” label applied to his work. Along with other artists from the “underground” avant-garde, Gischia successfully exhibited and sold his inventive work throughout the war in “back rooms” at the Galerie Braun and the Galerie de France. Alongside Gischia’s poetic sensibilities and sumptuous work, his wartime stoicism would consolidate his later position as an influential voice of the “School of Paris” group.
Gischia’s fruitful post-war relationship with the Galerie Billiet-Caputo — a stone’s throw from the Galerie Alfred Poyet, for which he exhibited before the war — resulted in his representing France at the 1948 Venice Biennale. This secured his international reputation, and soon, he was exhibiting in private galleries across the world. During the 1950s, Gischia even designed costumes and sets for the Theatre National Populaire in Paris, later writing well-regarded books on sculpture and so-called “primitive art.” Today his work features in public collections throughout Europe and the United States, and during the 1980s — before his death in Venice — Gischia enjoyed numerous internationally acclaimed retrospective exhibitions.
(Biography provided by Stern Pissarro Gallery)
Happy New Year - Drawing by L. Gischia - 1960
By Léon Gischia
Located in Roma, IT
Happy New Year is an original black marker drawing on paper with autograph wishing notes by the French artist Léon Gischia to Nesto Jacometti, editor and collector of Graphic art. ...
Permanent Marker
Abstract Composition - Screen Print by Léon Gischia - Late 1900
By Léon Gischia
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original colored serigraph realized by Léon Gischia during the XX century. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered ...
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Correspondence by L. Gischia to N. Jacometti - 1960
By Léon Gischia
Located in Roma, IT
This Correspondence between Léon Gischia and Nesto Jacometti, written in French and Italian , in 1960, is composed of 7 items, prefectly readable and in excellent conditions, except...
Permanent Marker
$1,800
H 47.5 in W 57.2 in
In a French Restaurant (Knoedler Gallery) SIGNED poster colorful expressionist
By (After) Howard Hodgkin
Located in New York, NY
A large scale abstract interior scene with bold black, white, red, pink, green, white and orange patterns and brushstrokes, based on an abstract oil painting. Pink and purple dots, y...
Screen
Aylesbury Estate
By Keith Coventry
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, 2014, signed, edition of 50, 54 x 42 cm. (21¼ x 16½ in.) Keith Coventry was born in Burnley in 1958 and lives and works in London. He attended Brighton Polytechnic 1978– 81 and Chelsea School of Art London 1981– 82. He was featured in the seminal exhibition Sensation at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 1997 and in 2006, he received a mid-career retrospective at Glasgow's Tramway (Art Centre). He was also a co-founder and curator of City Racing, an influential not-for-profit gallery in Kennington, South London from 1988-98. His work has been exhibited widely in the UK and Europe and is included in collections worldwide, including the British Council; Tate Modern; Arts Council of England; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis;, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 2010 Coventry was awarded the John Moores Painting...
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$5,000
H 17 in W 16.94 in
Arrived /// Josef Albers Abstract Geometrical Screenprint 1960's Color Theory
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Arrived" Portfolio: Soft Edge - Hard Edge *Unsigned edition Year: 1965 Medium: Original Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bris...
Screen
$1,200
H 36 in W 32 in
Plate IV, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Pierre Clerk
By Pierre Clerk 1
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pierre Clerk, American (1928 - ) - Plate IV, Year: 1973, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 43/100, Image Size: 32 x 28 inches, Size: 36 x 32 in. (91.4...
Screen
$2,000
H 28 in W 28 in D 0.5 in
Gemini, 1960s Op Art geometric silkscreen, mixed media paper, Signed AP, Framed
By Anne Youkeles
Located in New York, NY
Anne Youkeles Gemini, ca. 1969 Three-dimensional mixed media silkscreen on folded sheets of thin card Hand-signed by artist in pencil, titled and annotated Artist's Proof I from the ...
Paper, Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Screen
$7,500
H 27.5 in W 35 in
Sean Scully - Munich offset print Germany SCARCE when Hand Signed by Sean Scully
By Sean Scully
Located in New York, NY
Sean Scully Munich 1996 (Hand Signed), 2001 Offset Lithograph print Hand signed and dated by Sean Scully in 2018 Boldly signed in black marker on the recto. Hand signed by Sean Scull...
Ink, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
$5,000
H 16.94 in W 16.94 in
Arctic Bloom /// Josef Albers Blue Orange Screenprint Homage to the Square Print
By Josef Albers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Arctic Bloom" Portfolio: Soft Edge - Hard Edge *Unsigned edition Year: 1965 Medium: Original Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine...
Screen
$1,800
H 24 in W 33 in
Düsseldorf (German Cities) by Dieter Roth monuments vintage postcard light blue
By Dieter Roth
Located in New York, NY
Düsseldorf (German Cities), 1970 24 x 33.8 in. / 61 x 86 cm Screen print in one color on offset lithograph, black on white card. “for Paul” written in pencil lower middle. Signed and...
Lithograph, Screen
$2,000
H 46 in W 33.75 in
Paper Lake, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by Kikuo Saito
By Kikuo Saito
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kikuo Saito, Japanese (1939 - 2016) - Paper Lake, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 160, HC, Image Size: 40 x 28 inches, Size: 42 in. x 29...
Screen
$298
H 15 in W 11.5 in D 0.1 in
Original AIRS DE CHANCE Loterie Nationale original French lottery poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original AIRS DE CHANCE Loterie Nationale French vintage poster. Translated, it means, "In the moonlight, my friend Pierrot, lend me your money to win the jackpot." Linen-backed original French lottery...
Lithograph
$10,000
H 22.5 in W 27 in D 2 in
Niki de Saint Phalle - My Love We Wont, Rare whimsical 1960s silkscreen Signed/N
By Niki de Saint Phalle
Located in New York, NY
Niki de Saint Phalle My Love We Wont, 1968 Lithograph and silkscreen on wove paper Signed and numbered 51/75 in graphite pencil on the front Frame included: elegantly floated and fra...
Pencil, Lithograph, Screen
$700
H 29 in W 23 in
T Series (Red), Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Arthur Boden
By Arthur Boden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arthur Boden, American Title: T Series (Red) Year: circa 1970 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 29 in. x 23 in...
Screen
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H 13.78 in W 9.85 in D 0.04 in
Untitled - Original Screen Print by Léon Gischia - 1970
By Léon Gischia
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original graphic artwork realized by Leon Gischia in the 1970s. Mixed colored serigraph. Hand-signed on the lower right corner. Numbered ...
Screen
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H 13.63 in W 9.77 in D 0.04 in
Dark Composition - Original Screen Print by Léon Gischia - Late 1900
By Léon Gischia
Located in Roma, IT
Dark Composition is an original colored serigraph realized by Léon Gischia during the XX century. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in p...
Screen
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H 13.75 in W 9.69 in D 0.04 in
Joyful Composition - Original Screen Print by Léon Gischia - Late 1900
By Léon Gischia
Located in Roma, IT
Joyful Composition is an original colored serigraph realized by Léon Gischia during the XX century. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Artist's pr...
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