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Augustin LESAGE (Saint-Pierre-lez-Auchel 1876 - Burbure 1954…
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Augustin LESAGE (Saint-Pierre-lez-Auchel 1876 - Burbure 1954…
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Estimate €12,000 - €18,000
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Augustin LESAGE (Saint-Pierre-lez-Auchel 1876 - Burbure 1954)
The Thought of God is the Source of High and Healthy Inspiration
Oil on canvas mounted on isorel
70 x 51 cm
Titled lower centre La pensée de Dieu est la source des hautes et saines inspirations and signed lower right
"An indefinable correspondence is established between painting and myself, as if I could not discern whether I had just painted it or only found it again".
Augustin Lesage quoted in the Petit Journal de l'exposition, "Augustin Lesage", Musée d'Arras and Musée de Béthune, 15 October 1988 - 15 January 1989, p. 9.
A prolific artist in the first half of the twentieth century, Augustin Lesage is the author of an exceptional body of work that draws its sources from spiritualism, as well as from spiritualist, religious and historical literature. A miner by profession, Lesage discovered that he had the soul of a painter. One day in 1911 or 1912, the artist had a revelation: a voice appeared and announced a surprising destiny. The painter declared:
"I was in the mine, in a very remote gallery, working alone in a small fifty-centimetre shaft... Suddenly, I heard voices speaking to me. I couldn't even turn around at that point, I was all alone. Look at my amazement! I was frightened, my hair stood on end... I heard: Don't be afraid, we're close to you, one day you'll be a painter..." (Augustin Lesage quoted in the book). (Augustin Lesage quoted in the Petit Journal de l'exposition, "Augustin Lesage", Musée d'Arras and Musée de Béthune, 15 October 1988 - 15 January 1989, p. 3).
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