Robert Lebel (Author)

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Robert Lebel (born January 5, 1901 in Paris ; † February 28, 1986 ibid) was a French art and literary critic and author.

Life

Lebel was not only a recognized art critic, but was also seen as an intelligent art collector.

During the Western Campaign ( World War II ), Lebel fled to the USA with his wife Nina and son Jean-Jacques and lived in Greenwich Village ( New York ) between 1940 and 1944 . They were André Breton's neighbors and many artists met here, such as B. the painters Max Ernst and Roberto Matta or the authors Georges Duthuit and Claude Lévi-Strauss . The gallery owner Julius Carlebach , who was one of the first to specialize in North American tribal art with his gallery ( Third Avenue ) , was also a frequent guest.

At the end of the war, Lebel returned to Paris with his family and settled in the 7th arrondissement . As in the USA, he wrote about modern art and became a pioneer of "Art Nouveau". He wrote notable biographies about Marcel Duchamp , Max Ernst, Jacques Lacan and Claude Lévi-Strauss .

Robert Lebel died at the age of 82 on February 28, 1986 in Paris, where he found his final resting place. Initiated by his son Jean-Jacques, the Robert Lebel art collection was dissolved through several auctions in December 2006.

Works (selection)

author

Essays
  • Magritte avant et après . In: L'œil , Vol. 159 (1968), pp. 28-35, ISSN  0029-862X
  • Marcel Duchamp maintenant et ici . In: L'œil . 149: 18-23 and 77 (1969), ISSN  0029-862X
stories
  • Le double-vue . Le Soleil Noir, Paris 1964 (illustrated by Macel Duchamp and Alberto Giacometti ).
  • L'oiseau caramel . Le Soleil Noir, Paris 1969 (illustrated by Max Ernst).
  • Le saint Charlemagne . Le Soleil Noir, Paris 1976.
Non-fiction
  • Courbet . 10th anniversary exhibition . Harriman Galleries, New York 1940.
  • Les Fauves . Harriman Galleries, New York 1941.
  • Léonard de Vinci ou lafin de l'humilité (Collection "art"; Vol. 2). Le Soleil Noir, Paris 1974 (illustrated by Jean Ipoustéguy ; reprint of the Paris 1952 edition).
  • Chantage de la beauté. Petit colloque initial by André Breton . Éditions de Beaune, Paris 1955.
  • Sur Marcel Duchamp . Belfond, Paris 1985 (reprint of the Paris 1959 edition)
    • Marcel Duchamp . Dumont Schauberg, Cologne 1972, ISBN 3-7701-0639-3 (reprint of the Cologne 1962 edition)
  • L'envers de la peinture . Le Rocher, Monaco
  1. Mœurs et coutumes des tableauistes . 1964.
  2. no more appeared
  • Traité des passions par personne interposée (Collection Le Désordre; Vol. 2). Losfeld, Paris 1972.

editor

  • Premier bilan de l'art actuel. 1937–1953 (Positions; Vol. 3/4). Le Soleil Noir, Paris 1953.
  • Anthology des formes inventées. Un demi-siècle de sculpture . Galerie du Cercle, Paris 1962.
  • Dorothea Tanning . Peintures récentes, petites sculptures d'or . Le Point Cardinal, PAris 1966 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name, May 24 to June 30, 1966).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to the Bibliothèque nationale de France ; other sources speak of 1904.
  2. ↑ not to be confused with Rabbi Julius Carlebach (1922–2001).
personal data
SURNAME Lebel, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French literary critic and author
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1986
Place of death Paris