Le Corbusier ‘pure’ painter

There is no such thing as a ‘pure’ sculptor, a ‘pure’ painter, or a ‘pure’ architect. The three-dimensional event finds its fulfillment in an artist …

 Annibal Simla (1951)

...If you want to attribute any importance to my architecture you need to discover the sources in my painted work, my secret search for aesthetic perfection which I have pursued my entire life. 

Le Corbusier, 1948

“Femme et coquillage,” 1948. 

Photo courtesy of Tallinn Technical University.