Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer

[1] In 1895 he left for Paris to begin a career in painting; around this time he visited Italy and was further influenced by art of the Renaissance.

He earned high praise for the academic attention to detail with which he captured figures lost in a Pre-Raphaelite haze of melancholy, contrasted with bright Impressionist colouration.

After 1901 Lévy-Dhurmer moved away from expressly Symbolist content, incorporating more landscapes into his work because of his travels in Europe and North Africa.

He continued to draw inspiration from music and attempted to capture works of great composers such as Beethoven in painted form.

Music : French Art Nouveau interior : Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer realised the architectural setting of the house of Auguste Rateau (1863–1930) between 1910 and 1914.

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer.
La Femme à la Médaille ou Mystère (1896). Musée d'Orsay , Paris
Levy-Durmer Wisteria Dining Room in Paris, 1914, vintage silver print
Le fondeur de bronze by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer. Circa 1906-1907. Pastel on paper.
Le Silence, 1895
Ariette
Beethoven 's Mask, 1906
Deus sikhs ("Two Sikhs"), 1917
Les Kitharèdes, 1904
Young Woman with Wreath of Flowers in Hair, 1896