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Felix Labisse (1905-1982)

Aliases: Félix Labisse

Professions: Painter; Illustrator

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    Félix Labisse (1905-1982)

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    s - FÉLIX LABISSE 1905-1982 LES PARQUES

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    FÉLIX LABISSE (1905-1982)

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    FÉLIX LABISSE 1905-1982

    FÉLIX LABISSE 1905-1982

Felix Labisse Biography

(b douai, 9 march 1905; d paris, 27 jan 1982). french painter, illustrator and stage designer. he was of flemish and polish descent and worked in both france and belgium. on a visit to ostend in 1922 he met james ensor, whose lifelong friendship he later commemorated in bonjour m. ensor (1964; ostend, mus. s. kst.). in 1927 he set up his studio in ostend, where he was associated not only with ensor but also with constant permeke and léon spilliaert, and with the poets henri van de putte, jean teugels and michel de ghelderode, and the film maker henri storck. he was self-taught and strongly influenced at first by ensor. he sought to render both his own poetic reveries and the preoccupations of modern life through a technique of smoothly painted and strongly outlined violent colours. he specialized in images of a particular type of woman, at once strangely sensual and cold, whom he painted in blue and other exaggerated hues and who haunted his pictures like a mythical goddess, as in on the other side of the grape-harvest month (1980; ghent, priv. col.). in 1928 he and storck founded the ciné club in ostend, which disseminated avant-garde films by man ray, carl dreyer and fritz lang, and he made a film of his own, la mort de vénus . in 1930 he founded the literary review tribord , which ran to eight issues; collaborators included max jacob, franz hellens and jean teugels.

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  • Félix LABISSE (1905-1982) Sans titre, ca. 1970 Lithographie couleur Signée et justifiée 1/300 52 x 74 cm à vue (piqûres, insolé) 80/100, Felix Labisse, €80 Register to bid

    Felix Labisse

    Félix LABISSE (1905-1982) Sans titre, ca. 1970 Lithographie couleur Signée et justifiée 1/300 52 x 74 cm à vue (piqûres, insolé) 80/100

  • FELIX LABISSE (1905-1982) Projet original figurant un couple étendu sur le sable. Gouache sur papier. Vers 1930. Dimensions : 151 x 120 cm An original project representing a couple lying down on the sand. Gouache on paper. Circa 1930. Dimensions : 59, Felix Labisse, €0 View Details

    Felix Labisse

    FELIX LABISSE (1905-1982) Projet original figurant un couple étendu sur le sable. Gouache sur papier. Vers 1930. Dimensions : 151 x 120 cm An original project representing a couple lying down on the sand. Gouache on paper. Circa 1930. Dimensions : 59

  • FELIX LABISSE (1905-1982) Projet original figurant une femme à la bouée à cheval. Gouache sur papier. Vers 1930. Dimensions : 146,5 x 107 cm Gouache on paper. Circa 1930. Dimensions : 57 2/3 x 42 in. Provenance : Ancienne collection Manouvrier, Felix Labisse, €0 View Details

    Felix Labisse

    FELIX LABISSE (1905-1982) Projet original figurant une femme à la bouée à cheval. Gouache sur papier. Vers 1930. Dimensions : 146,5 x 107 cm Gouache on paper. Circa 1930. Dimensions : 57 2/3 x 42 in. Provenance : Ancienne collection Manouvrier

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