Alice Bailly Les rythmiciennes (The Rhythmicians), 1918-1919 Published in 1918 by Albert Rheinwald, the first monograph on Bailly insists on the originality of her most recent work: ‘[B]efore our eyes wool becomes…
Alice Bailly Jeu d'éventail (Playing with a Fan) or Femme à l'éventail (Woman with a Fan), 1913 Alice Bailly studied in Geneva before moving to Paris in 1906, where she became an admirer of fauvism. Her work already showed signs of the…
Alice Bailly Joueuses d'osselets (Women playing knucklebones), 1912 After Alice Bailly moved to Paris in 1906, she began to move in Fauvist circles. At the start of the 1910s, her style changed dramatically…
Alice Bailly Rade de Genève ou Vol de mouettes (Geneva Harbour or Flight of Gulls), 1915 Alice Bailly was on the cusp of turning forty when her decision to adopt an avant-garde style paid off in Paris. She became friends with…
Alice Bailly Ier Chant (First Song), 1918 In June 1918, Alice Bailly became acquainted with Werner Reinhart, a German-speaking Swiss philanthropist renowned for his patronage of the arts. The pair met in…
Alice Bailly Le concert dans le jardin (Concert in a Garden), 1920 As a Swiss citizen, Alice Bailly was forced to leave Paris during the First World War and struggled to make a living in Geneva. Most…
Alice Bailly Portrait d'Arthur Honegger au « Roi David » (Portrait of Arthur Honegger at "King David"), 1921-1922 The sonorous, clashing rhythms and strident colours which fill Alice Bailly's work reflect the crucial role music played in her understanding of the world around…
Alice Bailly Le jardin rose (Pink Garden), 1907 Alice Bailly moved from Geneva to Paris in 1906. She settled in rue Boissonade, a cul de sac that was already home to a number…
Gustave Buchet La tour (The Tower), 1927 Gustave Buchet's La tour verges on geometric abstraction. The artist, drawn by increasingly rigorous, austere, minimalistic compositions and ever flatter swathes of colour in his…
