Cubist Drawing Circa 1911 By André Favory 1888-1937

Rare cubist drawing circa 1910-1911 measuring 14cmx 23cm on view plus frame 35cm x43cm (small chips in the corners that I point out so as not to be criticized) Drawing signed FAVORY A student at the Académie Julian, and strongly influenced by Paul Cézanne, Favory painted in a cubist style during the early years of his career. (circa 1910) In 1914, mobilized, he left for the First World War. When he exhibited again in 1919, the experience of the trenches had profoundly changed his conception of art. He then moved away from the cubist movement, which he considered too intellectual, to get closer to the carnal aspects of nature and life. He made frequent trips to Belgium to study the work of Rubens, who from then on had a decisive influence on him. Having become a master of colour, Favory now painted landscapes in warm tones, voluptuous nudes and very sensual female portraits. He exhibited regularly in the great Salons (Salon d'Automne in 1921-1923, Salon des Tuileries in 1923-1924, etc.). During the 1920s, Favory's works were exhibited in many galleries in Paris and Brussels, as well as in London, Amsterdam, New York and Tokyo. For critics as influential as Louis Vauxcelles, he was a major artist of his generation. At the same time, he worked as an illustrator, for works such as Les Poèmes de l'humour triste by Jules Supervielle (1919), a reissue of L'Éducation sentimentale by Gustave Flaubert (1924), Ouvert la nuit by Paul Morand (1924), Le Jeu de la “Madame Malade” by Maurice Beaubourg (1926), and Drugs and Paintings, a contemporary art album by François Quelvée (undated). Suffering from a serious and disabling illness, he had to stop painting in the early 1930s, and died in 1937. A street in La Cadière d'Azur where he lived alongside André Lhote bears his name free shipping worldwide