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Henri Le Fauconnier

French painter (1881–1946)

Henri Le Fauconnier

Les Montagnards attaqués par des ours (Mountaineers Attacked by Bears) 1912, oil on canvas, 241 x 307 cm, Rhode Island School of Design Museum.

Henri Le Fauconnier biography

Exhibited at the 1912 Salon d'Automne

Born

Henri Victor Gabriel Le Fauconnier


(1881-07-05)5 July 1881

Hesdin, France

Died25 December 1946(1946-12-25) (aged 65)

Paris, France

EducationAcademie Julian
Known forPainting
MovementCubism

Henri Victor Gabriel Le Fauconnier (French:[fɔkɔnje]; July 5, 1881 – December 25, 1946) was a French Cubist painter born in Hesdin.

Le Fauconnier was seen as one of the leading figures among the Montparnasse Cubists. At the 1911 Salon des Indépendants Le Fauconnier and colleagues Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Fernand Léger and Robert Delaunay caused a scandal with their Cubist paintings. He was in contacts with many European avant-garde artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, writ