Andre Derain
(1880 - 1954) |
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Landscapes, Figurative subjects, Portraiture, Still-lifes Art Work
| Name: |
Andre Derain |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Place of Birth: |
France |
| Nationality: |
French |
| Birth: |
1880 |
| Death: |
1954 |
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Quick Facts
| Known For: |
Landscapes, Figurative subjects, Portraiture, Still-lifes |
| Medium: |
oil on canvas |
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| Style: |
Fauvism |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painter
Sculptor
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Biography
Derain's father was a successful patissier and a town councilor and Derain was given a middle-class education. He disliked school - much later, he said that the teachers, ushers and pupils were a far more bitter memory for him than the darkest hours of his military career.
He left 'with few regrets but did win a prize for drawing. He took his first lessons in painting in 1895 from an old friend of his father's and of Cezanne's and in 1898 he went to the Acadamie Carriere in Paris, where he met Matisse. In June 1900 he met Maurice de Vlaminck, and formed a close friendship with him. The two young artists rented a disused restaurant in Chatou which they used as a studio, and often shocked their neighbours with their antics. Meanwhile, Derain pursued his studies, copying in the Louvre and visiting exhibitions of contemporary art. In igoi he was extremely impressed by the Van Gogh retrospective at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, and became a catalyst when he introduced his two friends, Vlaminck and Matisse, to one another.
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Samples of Work
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