Augustin Lesage
* 1876 in Saint-Pierre-les-Auchel (FRA)
† 1954 in Burbure (FRA)
Untitled, 1949
Oil on canvas
129 x 93,5 cm
Augustin Lesage (1876–1954) was a French mineworker who started painting when he was thirty-five. Lesage counts among the mediumist artists: guided by voices that spoke to him, he produced around eight hundred automatic paintings. His work was shown at the Biennale di Venezia in 2013.