Original pencil drawing on "Registre Superieur" wove paper. Hand signed by the artist in pen, "A. L'HOTE.", lower left. In very fine condition, framed with conservation materials. Sheet size: 12 13/16" x 9 13/16", Framed: 23 1/2" x 19 1/2". Born in 1885 in Bordeaux, André Lhote entered the studio of a furniture maker at age 12 to be trained as a wood sculptor. He studied decorative sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux from 1898 to 1904. Inspired by the landscapes of Cezanne and the colors of Fauvism, he redirected his energies to painting around 1905 and moved to Paris shortly thereafter. In 1907, he participated in the important group exhibitions, Le Salon des Indépendants and Le Salon d’Automne. He had his first one-man exhibition at the Galérie Druet, Paris in 1910. After exhibiting at Salle 41 in 1911, he became connected with the Parisian Cubist group. Thereafter Lhote painted in a personal Cubist style. In 1912, he participated in the renowned Section d’Or exhibit in Paris that featured works by some of the fathers of modern art – Gleizes, Villon, Duchamp, Metzinger, Picabia, La Fresnaye, and others. In 1922, Lhote established his own Art Academy on Odessa Street in Paris, where he encouraged and helped develop the talents of several generations of young artists. Lhote was an art critic at the Nouvelle Revue Française for over twenty years. He also wrote several books analyzing the aims and technique of art, in addition to important treatises on landscape painting and figure painting. André Lhote died in Paris in 1962.

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