Roger de La Fresnaye – Symbolism, Cubism, and the Pursuit of Radiant Color Roger de la Fresnaye, born into the aristocratic lineage of the La Fresnayes in 1885, was a painter whose brief but incandescent career illuminated the burgeoning landscape of early 20th-century art. His story is one of inherited privilege tempered by artistic ambition, classical training disrupted by avant-garde fervor, and ultimately, a life tragically cut sh…