The article explores the creative venture of Le Corbusier in 1938 when he painted bold, abstract murals in Eileen Gray's elegant home on the Riviera. This project marked a significant intersection between his architectural prowess and artistic expression. Despite being better known for architecture, Le Corbusierâs foray into painting allowed him to express his artistic identity in a previously unremarkable space, which he had critically referred to as 'a white and boring cube'. His provocative murals were strikingly bright, adding vibrancy and a new narrative to Gray's understated design.
In the summer of 1938, while staying with his friend Jean Badovici in a seaside house built and designed by Eileen Gray, Le Corbusier began painting a series of murals on the whitewashed walls.
Le Corbusier had always taken himself seriously as a painter, and relished this chance to extend himself in a house he had called "a white and boring cube."
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