Name: The Painter Le Corbusier
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E.1027 war das Haus, das die irische Architektin und Designerin Eileen Gray für sich und ihren jungen Geliebten, den rumänischen Architekten Jean Badovici, 1929 plante und erbaute. Sie entwickelte auch das Mobiliar für das Sommerhaus - der Beistelltisch E.1027 ist heute ein Designklassiker. Die Villa gilt mit ihrer Eleganz und den nautischen Bezügen als Kleinod der Moderne. Auf Einladung Badovicis schuf Freund und Nachbar Le Corbusier dort 1945 acht großformatige Wandgemälde - gegen den Willen der Hausherrin, die allerdings zu dem Zeitpunkt das Haus bereits für immer verlassen hatte. Die Publikation stellt die Gemälde vor und erzählt die ungewöhnliche Geschichte. Das Haus an der Côte d'Azur ist seit aufwendigen Sanierungsmaßnahmen seit 2021 wieder für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. <UL> <LI>Die faszinierenden Fotografien von Manuel Bougot fangen die besondere Atmosphäre der Villa ein </LI> <LI>Die weniger bekannte Malerei Le Corbusiers war prägend für seine lebenslange Beschäftigung mit der Polychromie </LI> <LI>Nach der aufwendigen Sanierung bis 2021 ist die Villa E1027, ebenso wie das Cabanon, wieder zugänglich </LI></UL>

In 1929, Eileen Gray designed Villa E 1027 for herself and her youthful partner Jean Badovici, but only lived there for three years. Today, the elegant house in Roquebrune-Cap-Mar- tin in southern France is an icon of modernism. In 1937, Le Corbusier discovered the place and the “Maison en Bord de Mer”. Inspired by the genius of the place and the light on the Côte d'Azur, he created a total of eight large-format wall paintings there in 1938 and 1939 onwards, some of which complement the building congenially, while others set counterpoints. In 1952, he built his Cabanon nearby and decorated it with murals as well. The book by the well-known architectural historian Tim Benton documents Le Corbusier's artwork at this special place, explores its controversies, and places it in his overall oeuvre. <LI>The fascinating photographs by Manuel Bougot capture the special atmosphere of the villa </LI> <LI>Le Corbusier's painting is lesser known but was formative for his lifelong preoccupation with polychromy </LI> <LI>After extensive renovation work until 2021, E 1027, as well as the Cabanon, is open to the public again </LI>

“[The publication] is a further step in the reexamination of Le Corbusier that we have been seeing for some time now, and specifically situates his artistic work where he wanted it: at a place from which to rethink architecture. [...] Along with images by Benton himself, the photography is a work of Manuel Bougot, excellently printed in a way that allows full appreciation of Le Corbusier’s painterly work, its diversity of registers, its recurring themes, its different techniques, and its rapport with or antagonism towards architecture.” (Jorge Torres in Arquitectura Viva)

Eileen Gray; Cap Moderne; Jean Badovici; Villa E.1027; Designklassiker; Moderne Architektur; Art Deco; E-1027; Côte d'Azur; Cabanon; Wandmalerei; Mural; Picasso

Eileen Gray; Jean Badovici; Villa E.1027; Cap Moderne; Modernism; Mural; Côte d'Azur; wall painting; Cabanon; modern architecture; Modern Movement; Art Deco; E-1027 table; Three Women; naked women; Picasso

Eileen Gray's Villa E 1027 and Le Cabanon

The Painter Le Corbusier

Tim Benton, Prof. emeritus, Open University, London. Tim Benton ein international renommierter Architekturhistoriker und Le Corbusier-Spezialist.

Tim Benton, Prof. emeritus, Open University, London. Tim Benton is an internationally renowned architecture historian and an expert on the oeuvre of Le Corbusier.

In 1929, Eileen Gray designed Villa E 1027 for herself and her youthful partner Jean Badovici, but only lived there for three years. Today, the elegant house in Roquebrune-Cap-Mar- tin in southern France is an icon of modernism. In 1937, Le Corbusier discovered the place and the “Maison en Bord de Mer”. Inspired by the genius of the place and the light on the Côte d'Azur, he created a total of eight large-format wall paintings there in 1938 and 1939 onwards, some of which complement the building congenially, while others set counterpoints. In 1952, he built his Cabanon nearby and decorated it with murals as well. The book by the well-known architectural historian Tim Benton documents Le Corbusier's artwork at this special place, explores its controversies, and places it in his overall oeuvre.  The fascinating photographs by Manuel Bougot capture the special atmosphere of the villa  Le Corbusier's painting is lesser known but was formative for his lifelong preoccupation with polychromy  After extensive renovation work until 2021, E 1027, as well as the Cabanon, is open to the public again 

In 1929, Eileen Gray designed Villa E 1027 for herself and her youthful partner Jean Badovici, but only lived there for three years. Today, 

The Painter Le Corbusier

Eileen Gray's Villa E 1027 and Le Cabanon

Tim Benton

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