Vente de tableaux et peintures de Roger de La Fresnaye

Born in Le Mans, Roger De La Fresnaye (1885 - 1925) studied at the Julian Academy, then at the Ranson Academy. He became a pupil of the Nabi Maurice Denis, whose artistic influence was evident in his early paintings. A trip to Northern Italy in 1911 contributed to the development of his painting towards cubism. He was also a member of the Section d'Or group, or Puteaux group, alongside Marcel Duchamp and Metzinger. He participated in the decoration of the Maison Cubiste and, from 1910 onwards, exhibited his works several times at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Indépendants. La Fresnaye continued his artistic research into cubism and abstraction until the First World War, which radically weakened his health. His pictorial orientation then changed, moving away from cubism and towards surrealism.

La Fresnaye was a man with a marked preference for curves, circles and spheres, a taste he shared with Robert Delaunay. This can be seen in his works such as The bathers, Married life and The conquest of the air. When the war broke out, the artist Roger de La Fresnaye was enlisted in the infantry. He produced a series of drawings depicting the lives of soldiers. La Fresnaye was gassed and later suffered from a tuberculosis-related lung disease in 1918. After being discharged, the artist moved to the south of France, then to Grasse, and died in 1925 as a result of his illness. Convinced that the time of his death was approaching, La Fresnaye drew a number of self-portraits in which he analysed the evolution of his illness.