André Bauchant / Le Corbusier: Autodidacts of the avant-garde
Sammlung Zander•Nov 01, 2025 — Feb 28, 2026
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In 1921, Le Corbusier first took note of the paintings by André Bauchant at the Paris Salon d’Automne. Shortly thereafter, the architect visits the painter in the Touraine and becomes the first to acquire one of his works. From this encounter emerged a friendship lasting over two decades, marked by intellectual exchange and mutual respect, which finds expression not least in an extensive correspondence.
Born in Château-Renault, André Bauchant (1873–1958) leaves school at the age of fourteen, becomes a gardener like his father, and later runs a flourishing tree nursery employing more than a dozen workers. For his business, he regularly travels through central and western France, combining his interest in history with visits to ancient sites and historic monuments. At the outbreak of the First World War, Bauchant—then forty—is drafted and takes part in the Dardanelles Offensive. The settings of Greek mythology, which until then he had known only from books, now appear before his own…
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André Bauchant / Le Corbusier: Autodidacts of the avant-garde
Sammlung Zander•Nov 01, 2025 — Feb 28, 2026
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In 1921, Le Corbusier first took note of the paintings by André Bauchant at the Paris Salon d’Automne. Shortly thereafter, the architect visits the painter in the Touraine and becomes the first to acquire one of his works. From this encounter emerged a friendship lasting over two decades, marked by intellectual exchange and mutual respect, which finds expression not least in an extensive correspondence.
Born in Château-Renault, André Bauchant (1873–1958) leaves school at the age of fourteen, becomes a gardener like his father, and later runs a flourishing tree nursery employing more than a dozen workers. For his business, he regularly travels through central and western France, combining his interest in history with visits to ancient sites and historic monuments. At the outbreak of the First World War, Bauchant—then forty—is drafted and takes part in the Dardanelles Offensive. The settings of Greek mythology, which until then he had known only from books, now appear before his own…
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