1. Georges Valmier's work encompassed the great movements in the modern history of painting, starting with Impressionism in his early years, then Cubism which he discovered when he was around 25 years old, and finally Abstractionism from 1921.
14 Facts About Georges Valmier
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Georges Valmier designed sets and costumes for theater and ballet, and models for fabrics, carpets, and other objects.
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Georges Valmier's paintings were the culmination of many preparatory drafts in gouaches, multiple versions of which are works in themselves and reflect his penchant for colors and inventive shapes.
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Georges Valmier performed the works of Debussy, Ravel, Faure, and Satie at major concerts and in churches, and had a decisive influence on the career of Andre Jolivet.
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Georges Valmier was born in Angouleme on 11 April 1885.
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Georges Valmier moved with his family to Montmartre in 1890, and was brought up in an environment of love of the arts, including music and painting.
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Georges Valmier entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he trained under Luc-Olivier Merson until 1909.
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Georges Valmier married Jeanne Bliss Pessina in 1908; their daughter Martha was born in 1912.
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Georges Valmier was drafted into the military in 1914 and assigned to service in Toul, where he became acquainted with Albert Gleizes, Paul Colin, and the composer Florent Schmitt.
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The portrait that he [Georges Valmier] made of the Doctor was excellent, a very good likeness that remained in the classical idiom.
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Georges Valmier did not conceal his way of thinking, but he let me do what I wanted.
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Georges Valmier was an early member of the board of Abstraction-Creation, along with Jean Arp, Albert Gleizes, Jean Helion, Frantisek Kupka, Leon Tutundjian, and Georges Vantongerloo, as well as the Hungarian painter Alfred Reth, with whom he jointly created works titled Forms in Space.
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In 1936, Georges Valmier began working on three monumental works for the decoration of the theater of the Palace of Railways for the World Expo held in Paris in 1937.
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Georges Valmier suffered ill-health since 1932, and died on 25 March 1937 in Montmartre.