Blanche Lazell

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Some might argue that Albert Gleiz was her most important teacher because he taught her the basics of abstraction, with overlapping planes, and showing her the importance of color and movement. Guerin was part of the Parisian fauve group, along with Henri Matisse. Cubism, fauvism, expressionism, and, futurism were all exploding the Paris exhibits, and Blanche Lazzell was there to observe many of them. The influences of the fauvist and expressionist movement, Albert Gleiz, and her experiences all had a significant impression on the color choices Lazzelle made for the rest of her career as an artist. ferent that than her quaint life in West Virginia. Further research shows that while in Paris on her first trip she took a class with Charles Guerin as her professor at the Academie Moderne. “In Cape Cod in Autumn (1918-19) she shows strong affinities with both fauvism and expressionism. ” This quote from the book Blanche Lazzell The Life and Work of an American Modernist, best shows that Lazzell had fauvist and expressionist influences. This proves that Blanche was influenced in the techniques of the fauves from the beginning of her European teachings. She was exposed to rich new cultures and budding new art movements.

With the rest of this paper I would like to dive into Blanches early art, and examine a few works from her first trip to Europe, and to uncover possible artists that touched Lazzell.

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Albert Gleiz, Hans Hoffman, West Virginia, Messaros Gallery, Henri Matisse, Cod Autumn, Modernist Lazzell, Blanche Lazzell, Charles Guerin, Blanche Lazzells, albert gleiz, fauvism expressionism, fauvist expressionist, art movements, blanche lazzell, trip europe,

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