Louis Marcoussis

Louis Marcoussis, a Polish-French avant-garde painter, transitioned from Impressionism to Cubism, and later became a master printmaker, even teaching Joan Miró etching.

ABOUT

Born Ludwik Kazimierz Wladyslaw Markus in Poland, Louis Marcoussis began his artistic journey studying law in Warsaw before attending the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. He moved to Paris in 1903, briefly studying at the Académie Julian, and quickly immersed himself in the vibrant Parisian art scene. His work was first exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1905, and he soon befriended prominent artists and writers in Montmartre and Montparnasse. It was the poet Guillaume Apollina…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Still Life with Matches (Le Pyrogène Quinquina) 1912 · Princeton Art Museum Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire 1912 · Art Institute of Chicago The Musician 1914 · National Gallery of Art The Bar 1920 · Cleveland Museum of Art Composition 1921 · Finnish National Gallery Zither and Shellfish 1922 · Art Institute of Chicago

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Jules LefebvreAcademic Art Pablo PicassoCubism Georges BraqueCubism Juan GrisCubism

Influenced

Joan MiróSurrealism