An abstract earth-toned painting depicts a bustling scene. The work features various figures, trees, abstract forms and urban elements with fragmented geometric shapes.
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Henri Victor Gabriel Le Fauconnier

Mountaineers Attacked by Bears
Now On View

Maker

Henri Victor Gabriel Le Fauconnier (French, 1881-1946)

Title

Mountaineers Attacked by Bears

Year

1910-1912

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Geography

Place Made: France

Dimensions

239.6 x 305.4 x 4.4 cm (94 5/16 x 120 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Peau de L'Ours II Society in celebration of Daniel Robbins

Object Number

1995.043

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

This complex and monumental painting depicts a group of mountaineers as they are attacked by bears. Dominated by the bear at left, the scene is densely packed with disassociated body parts, hunters with exploding muskets, frightened children in striped shirts, and random puffs of smoke. Glimpses of landscape and urban architecture reinforce Le Fauconnier’s belief that motifs rendered in a radical Cubist vocabulary need not be separated from the physical world. In this grand-scale performance, he fragments figures, time, and space, while preserving dramatic and pictorial unity.

Re-Viewing the Twentieth Century
Jul 21, 2006 – Apr 22, 2007
"The Center Cannot Hold"
Art from 1900-1920
Mar 01, 1999 – Jul 01, 1999
Cubism and Its Affinities
Sep 01, 1995 – Dec 10, 1995

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Henri Victor Gabriel Le Fauconnier (French, 1881-1946)
Mountaineers Attacked by Bears, 1910-1912
Oil on canvas
239.6 x 305.4 x 4.4 cm (94 5/16 x 120 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches)
Gift of the Peau de L'Ours II Society in celebration of Daniel Robbins 1995.043

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