Leo Marchutz

L'Enfant Jesus se rendant au Temple (The Child Jesus Goes to the Temple)

Leo Marchutz's original lithograph, L'Enfant Jesus se rendant au Temple (The Child Jesus Goes to the Temple) stands at the core of his influential art. Spirituality, simplicity and complete purity were lifelong cornerstones of Marchutz's paintings, drawings and lithographs. The French artist Andre Masson wrote, "Marchutz attained this surprising result: mastering the light in such a manner that it seems to be extracted from the white of the paper. Light creating form while at the same time leaving it free, breathing and always fleeing".

This original lithograph is printed on pure rag paper with the 'B. F. K. Rives' watermark and with full, deckled margins as published in 1967. It is signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist along the lower margin. L'Enfant Jesus se rendant au Temple is a fine, original example of the twentieth century art by the German artist, Leo Marchutz.

L'Enfant Jesus se rendant au Temple (The Child Jesus Goes to the Temple)

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Title:	L'Enfant Jesus se rendant au Temple (The Child Jesus Goes to the Temple)
Artist:	Marchutz, Leo (Nuremberg, Germany, 1903 - Aix, France, 1976)
Date:	1967
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Note:	Leo Marchutz: A major twentieth century painter, lithographer, teacher and art scholar, Leo Marchutz rejected formal art education as a teenager and instead concentrated on the study of masterworks in Nuremberg and Berlin museums. His first solo exhibition of paintings and lithographs took place in 1924. The prominent film director, Max Reinhardt, was among the first to purchase a Marchutz painting.
	Inspired by the art of Paul Cézanne, Leo Marchutz first visited Aix-en- Provence in 1928. Three years later he made it his permanent home. Marchutz's study of Cézanne's art was instrumental in placing this master's oeuvre at the summit of modern art. He acted as a consultant to both John Rewald and Adrien Chappuis while they were preparing their catalogue raisonnes on the work of Paul Cézanne. As well, he helped in establishing the first exhibition of Cézanne's art in Aix.
	Because of his nationality, Leo Marchutz was placed in an internment camp at the outbreak of World War II (1939). A year later, he was released and returned to his farmhouse near Aix. After the end of the war (1945) Leo Marchutz began to exhibit his art both in France and elsewhere. In 1963 the University of Nice commissioned the artist to produce large paintings mostly based upon passages from the Gospels. Marchutz dedicated most of his remaining years to these works. Created in 1967, L'Enfant Jesus se rendant au Temple surely bears an affinity to these large canvases.
	In 1959 Leo Marchutz became an art instructor for the Institute for American Universities in France. He remained there until 1971 when he founded the Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing. This institution is still in existence and has helped to shape the careers of countless contemporary artists. A former student, Ben Haggard writes, "By the time I arrived at the Marchutz School in Aix-en-Provence, Leo had been dead for a year. I never met him, though I had known of him for years. In my universe, Leo was the patron saint of artists -- the exemplar of a life lived for truth in visual terms. He combined humility with genius, visionary brilliance with an ascetic economy of means. For me, his work is still the best modern expression of the sacred in the inner and outer experience of the world." *
	Today the art of Leo Marchutz is included in such collections as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Louvre, Paris, and the Musee Granet, Aix. Another impression of L'Enfant Jesus se rendant au Temple is housed at the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College. Francois de Asis's monograph, Leo Marchutz, Painter and Lithographer, 1903-1976, was published in 2006.
Edition:	Limited edition of one hundred and ten impressions, numbered 23/110.
Reference:	* Ben Haggard, Images, Objects and Words, Leo Marchutz. www.benhaggardstudio.com
Size:	25 1/2 X 19 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed on pure rag paper with the 'B. F. K. Rives' watermark and with full, deckled margins as published in 1967. Pencil signed, titled and numbered, '23/110' by the artist along the lower margin. This impression is beautifully printed and in excellent condition throughout. Altogether L'Enfant Jesus se rendant au Temple (The Child Jesus Goes to the Temple) represents a most important, original example of the twentieth century art of Leo Marchutz.
Subject:	Leo Marchutz, L'Enfant Jesus se rendant au Temple (The Child Jesus Goes to the Temple), original lithograph, major twentieth century painter, lithographer, teacher and art scholar, Paul Cézanne, Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing, passages from the Gospels, Aix-en-Provence.
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