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Originally trained as an architect, he turned to painting 1903, studying at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, the Académie Julian, and in the Louvre. At first attracted by Impressionism, he came under the cubist influence 190914, and during a period of war service took an interest in machine forms which became an important factor in his work from 1917. He made use of such things as railway signal boxes and street signs in mechanized composition, though in his later work he returned to human themes always, however, with a strongly simplified decorative element. He was in the USA 194045, but returned to Paris in 1945. In addition to paintings he produced a number of lithographs and book illustrations, and designs for wall decoration, mosaic, and stained glass.
The blue star signifies the purity and honesty of the life of the country. The red star represents authority and law. Effective date: 4 June 1904.
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