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Le Corbusier: a Multifaceted Artist at the Pushkin Museum

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A newly opened exhibition at Moscow’s Pushkin Fine Arts Museum showcases the multifaceted oeuvre of Le Corbusier, a world-famous architect, who submitted his bid for best Palace of Soviets design in Moscow, came up with the idea of “cookie-cutter” housing, and invented a super-comfortable lounge chair, which remains a sought-after piece of furniture to this day.

A newly opened exhibition at Moscow’s Pushkin Fine Arts Museum showcases the multifaceted oeuvre of Le Corbusier, a world-famous architect, who submitted his bid for best Palace of Soviets design in Moscow, came up with the idea of “cookie-cutter” housing, and invented a super-comfortable lounge chair, which remains a sought-after piece of furniture to this day.

© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankA newly opened exhibition at Moscow’s Pushkin Fine Arts Museum showcases the multifaceted oeuvre of Le Corbusier, a world-famous architect, who submitted his bid for best Palace of Soviets design in Moscow, came up with the idea of “cookie-cutter” housing, and invented a super-comfortable lounge chair, which remains a sought-after piece of furniture to this day.
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A newly opened exhibition at Moscow’s Pushkin Fine Arts Museum showcases the multifaceted oeuvre of Le Corbusier, a world-famous architect, who submitted his bid for best Palace of Soviets design in Moscow, came up with the idea of “cookie-cutter” housing, and invented a super-comfortable lounge chair, which remains a sought-after piece of furniture to this day.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankIt is impossible to overstate Le Corbusier’s significance for art history, so the Pushkin Museum’s current focus on his legacy is a natural follow-up to its earlier Picasso and Dali exhibits, which were both part of a project aimed at showcasing the best in 20th-century heritage.
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It is impossible to overstate Le Corbusier’s significance for art history, so the Pushkin Museum’s current focus on his legacy is a natural follow-up to its earlier Picasso and Dali exhibits, which were both part of a project aimed at showcasing the best in 20th-century heritage.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankBeing one of the most prominent architects of his century, Le Corbusier also managed to distinguish himself as a painter and a publisher. Photo: “Icon,” 1953.
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Being one of the most prominent architects of his century, Le Corbusier also managed to distinguish himself as a painter and a publisher. Photo: “Icon,” 1953.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankLe Corbusier worked the world over, realizing his projects in countries as far apart as France, the United States and Japan; he designed a Tsentrosoyuz building in Soviet Russia and offered his vision for the Palace of Soviets (in the photo), a structure that was supposed to replace Moscow’s historical Christ the Savior Cathedral, which the Bolsheviks demolished in 1931.
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Le Corbusier worked the world over, realizing his projects in countries as far apart as France, the United States and Japan; he designed a Tsentrosoyuz building in Soviet Russia and offered his vision for the Palace of Soviets (in the photo), a structure that was supposed to replace Moscow’s historical Christ the Savior Cathedral, which the Bolsheviks demolished in 1931.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankThe display’s spacious Russian section features the drafts prepared by le Corbusier for the Palace of Soviets, as well as a model built to those drafts years later.
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The display’s spacious Russian section features the drafts prepared by le Corbusier for the Palace of Soviets, as well as a model built to those drafts years later.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankArranged in the Pushkin Museum's main exhibition area, the Le Corbusier display also features photographs of his atelier and of structures built to his designs across the world. These images were made by Rene Burri, a member of the famous Magnum Photos group.
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Arranged in the Pushkin Museum's main exhibition area, the Le Corbusier display also features photographs of his atelier and of structures built to his designs across the world. These images were made by Rene Burri, a member of the famous Magnum Photos group.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankFrom Moscow, Le Corbusier took home some drafts that would later come in handy for his Modulor project. Launched in the 1950s, this project was about creating housing based on the human body’s proportions and on the golden ratio. Photo: Housing Unit. Marseille. France, 1946-1952, a model.
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From Moscow, Le Corbusier took home some drafts that would later come in handy for his Modulor project. Launched in the 1950s, this project was about creating housing based on the human body’s proportions and on the golden ratio. Photo: Housing Unit. Marseille. France, 1946-1952, a model.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankAs for le Corbusier’s projects Plan Voisin (in the photo) and La Ville Radieuse (Radiant City) for Paris and Moscow, they have remained unrealized to this day.
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As for le Corbusier’s projects Plan Voisin (in the photo) and La Ville Radieuse (Radiant City) for Paris and Moscow, they have remained unrealized to this day.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankLe Corbusier’s Chaise Lounge Chair, featured at the Moscow exhibition, “allows one to settle in comfortably, taking laid-back postures that were in fashion at the time,” as the explanatory note will make us believe. Photo: Furniture designed by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, and Pierre Jeanneret.
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Le Corbusier’s Chaise Lounge Chair, featured at the Moscow exhibition, “allows one to settle in comfortably, taking laid-back postures that were in fashion at the time,” as the explanatory note will make us believe. Photo: Furniture designed by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, and Pierre Jeanneret.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankPhotos by Richard Pare. “Le Corbusier’s Architectural Legacy as Seen by Richard Pare.”
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Photos by Richard Pare. “Le Corbusier’s Architectural Legacy as Seen by Richard Pare.”
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