Albert GLEIZES (1881-1953) painter. MANUSCRIT autograph signed, Art mural, Art sacré; 3 pages in-4, some corrections (typed attached). Interesting article on the revival of mural art and sacred art. "Mural art and sacred art are now the order of the day [...]. [...] There has been a turnaround in favour of this reviled art, which is now exalted. Le Corbusier, who was still fulminating against it in 1926, is himself sketching decorations on the walls of the unfinished flats of his gigantic building in Marseille; a frenzy has seized artist-painters with regard to walls, and people on all sides are offering to paint them". He explains how this sudden change came about: commissions from the fine arts departments, exhibitions, decoration of public buildings, which allowed painting to enter "the daily life of the community", and decoration of churches... Gleizes drew a parallel between mural painting and easel painting, with wall painting being "in a way the natural, melodic development of a coloured chord - or of a simple colour - for a certain intensity of light"; it was "the work of a craftsman, of a tradesman", but also "a religious technique, religare, which links the distinct and united planes of man's nature"... This renewed interest had to look to the future: "It is only through a clear awareness of the above that mural art and sacred art, which are interdependent, will rediscover both their meaning and their expression". Expert: Mr Thierry Bodin Expert: Mr Thierry Bodin