Léon Arthur Tutundjian [SEP] date of death
Léon Arthur Tutundjian
Léon Arthur Tutundjian (; 1905, Amasya, Ottoman Empire – December 1968, Paris, France) was an Armenian painter who reached fame in France.
Life.
Leon (Levon) Tutundjian was born in Amasya, in Sivas Vilayet in the Ottoman Empire in 1905. Tutundjian came from a relatively wealthy and educated family-his father and grandfather were teachers. He went to good schools, learned to speak French, and dreamed of moving to Paris. Unfortunately, the family moved often so his father
creating the more inclusive Cercle et Carré group in 1929.
During the war of words that followed, Van Doesburg accused Seuphor of "intellectual sloppiness worthy of venal art dealers and critics" and tried to recruit a rival group more in accord with his view of what abstract art should be. He was joined by the Armenian Léon Arthur Tutundjian, the Swede Otto Gustaf Carlsund, and the Frenchman Jean Hélion. In their names Van Doesburg sent a copy of a manifesto stating their position on abstract art (eventually to appear under