André Verdet - ‎Fernand Léger, le dynamisme pictural.‎ [with dedication] - 1955

Original edition of this biography of Fernand Léger written by his friend André Verdet, adorned with 62 reproductions outside the text, including 5 in color tipped-in, and a few figures within the text.

Enriched with a message from the author André Verdet: [For Andrée Claire and..., with my Provençal affection and in memory of a happy moment at... October 71.]

Beautiful copy, softcover with a cover adorned with a color lithograph by Fernand Léger. In excellent condition. Well-preserved cover, minor crease on the fourth. Interior free of foxing, impeccable.

With a biography, a bibliography, and comprehensive documentation on the painter and his work.

Born in Nice to a family from Saint-Paul de Vence, André Verdet grew up in Saint-Paul de Vence with his uncle, a former mayor of the village, and his aunt. Both a resistor and a multifaceted artist, André Verdet was for more than half a century an accomplice to the painters and writers who frequented his village. Engaged in the Resistance during the war, André Verdet was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Auschwitz and then to Buchenwald. During the harsh hours of his captivity, he clung to the stars to find the strength to survive.
After the war, he dedicated himself to his work as a writer. It was a meeting with Jean Giono in 1935 that sparked his interest in writing. Paul Roux, the owner of La Colombe d’Or, introduced him to Matisse. Listening to their encouragement and following the advice of both masters, André Verdet took up painting. He mingled with other artists like Arman and César and participated in exhibitions at several galleries along the Côte d’Azur. His book 'Conversations, notes, and writings on painting' gathers the conversations he had with Chagall, Braque, Léger, Matisse, and Picasso. It also offers an exciting immersion into their pictorial universe.

[LEGER] - VERDET (André)
Fernand Léger, the pictorial dynamism.
Geneva, Pierre Cailler (coll. "Painters and Sculptors of Yesterday and Today"), 1955.
In-12 (18 x 13cm)°, 110p.