roger de la fresnayeRoger de La Fresnaye (11 July 1885 - 27
November 1925) was a French cubist painter. He was born in Le
Mans where his father, an officer in the French army, was
temporarily stationed. The La Fresnaye's were an aristocratic
family whose ancestral home, the Château de La Fresnaye, is in
Falaise. His education was classically based, and was followed
from 1903 to 1904 by studies at the Acad??mie Julian in Paris,
and from 1904 to 1908 at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. From 1908 he
studied at the Acad??mie Ranson under Maurice Denis and Paul
S??rusier, whose joint influence is evident in early works such
as Woman with Chrysanthemums, 1909. This demonstrates the
dreamlike symbolist ambience and stylistic character of work by
the Les Nabis group. The Conquest of the Air, 1913. Museum of
Modern Art, New York.From 1912 to 1914 he was a member of the
Section d'Or group of artists, and his work demonstrates an
individual response to cubism. He was influenced by Georges
Braque and Pablo Picasso , but his wor