Roger De La Fresnaye 1885-1925. Cubism and Tradition
Within the museum's exhibition programme dedicated to Picasso and the historical avant-garde, this retrospective show of works by Roger De La Fresnaye (1885-1925) presents the work of an outstanding representative of French Cubism who took part in the 1917 Exposition d'Art Français held in Barcelona.
The show brings together over two hundred works that enable viewers to follow Roger De La Fresnaye's artistic career and value his worth. An important artist in the European movements of the first quarter of the twentieth century, La Fresnaye fell into oblivion in the sixties. His original approach combined avant-garde trends and classical tradition, bringing new and personal ideas to Cubism. The freedom of his works reflected his freedom of spirit, his desire to follow only the dictates of his own intelligence and sensitivity.
The study of Le Fresnaye's work furthers and enhances our knowledge of Cubism and of its links with earlier and later trends. The exhibition pays special attention to drawing, as the artist was an outstanding draughtsman and favoured this medium in the last years of his life.
Chronicle of the exhibition
Roger de La Fresnaye. 1885-1925 Cubism and tradition [Roger de La Fresnaye. 1885-1925 Cubisme i tradició]
Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Musées du Mans shown at the Museu Picasso in Barcelona, this book shows the work of one of the most unknown and unique cubist painters in the 20th century. The 180 works reproduced show the figure of Roger de La Fresnaye, whose painting is characterised by the original combination of the avant-garde and pictorial tradition and by the personal mark he was able to give his incursions into Cubism.
