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André Derain

French painter and engraver (1880-1954) · France · Artists · Died at 74

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He co-founded Fauvism with Matisse, painting landscapes in colours so wild they scandalized Paris, then walked away from his own revolution to chase Cézanne and the old masters instead.

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1954Died8 September 19541910“What, after all, is a pretty woman? It's a mere subjective impression - what you yourself think of her. That's what I paint, another kind of beauty of my own.”In their wordsMay 1910p. 406

“If I paint a girl in the sunlight, it's the sunlight I am painting, not the real girl; and even for that I should have the sunlight on my palette.”In their wordsMay 1910p. 407

“The Japanese see things that way. They don't paint sunlight, they don't cast shadows that perplex one and falsify the true shape of things.”In their wordsMay 1910p. 407

“These Africans being primitive, uncomplex, uncultured, can express their thought by a direct appeal to the instinct. Their carvings are informed with emotions.”In their wordsMay 1910p. 407

1909“I have found a boat, small with two sails, that would make me happy. Unfortunately, I need one hundred francs.. ..and I haven't got it!”In their words23 August 1909Quote from Derain's letter, 23 August 1909 to Maurice de Vlaminck, in Lettres à Vlaminck, p. 205; as cited and translated in 'Report: André

1906“There is only one kind of painting: landscape. It is the most difficult. It has also, I believe, the most simple kind of composition.”In their wordsQuote from Derain's letter to Maurice de Vlaminck, c. 1906; as cited in 'Report: André Derain's 'Trees by a Lake', by Cleo Nisse and

1880Born17 June 1880

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André Derain 1928André Derain 1928(Bemberg Foundation) - André Derain - La clairière Oil on canvas (1904)(Bemberg Foundation) - André Derain - La clairière Oil on canvas (1904)Armory Show, International Exhibition of Modern Art, Chicago, 1913. The Cubist roomArmory Show, International Exhibition of Modern Art, Chicago, 1913. The Cubist roomCollioure hôtel de la gare Matisse Derain 1Collioure hôtel de la gare Matisse Derain 1Collioure hôtel de la gare Matisse Derain 2Collioure hôtel de la gare Matisse Derain 2L'exposition Derain, Balthus, Giacometti (musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris) 02L'exposition Derain, Balthus, Giacometti (musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris) 02Le musée du Luxembourg en 1929 (Centre Pompidou, Paris)Le musée du Luxembourg en 1929 (Centre Pompidou, Paris)

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  1. What, after all, is a pretty woman? It's a mere subjective impression - what you yourself think of her. That's what I paint, another kind of beauty of my own.

    May 1910, p. 406, Own words

  2. If I paint a girl in the sunlight, it's the sunlight I am painting, not the real girl; and even for that I should have the sunlight on my palette.

    May 1910, p. 407, Own words

  3. The Japanese see things that way. They don't paint sunlight, they don't cast shadows that perplex one and falsify the true shape of things.

    May 1910, p. 407, Own words

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André Derain was born 17 June 1880 in France. Between 1905 and 1906, he and Henri Matisse launched Fauvism, filling canvases with riotous, unnatural colour that rattled the establishment. By 1910 he'd reversed course, studying Cézanne and classical painting until his work turned austere and disciplined. After the First World War he became a leader of the Return to Order, the broad swing back toward tradition and structure in the arts. He died 8 September 1954, having spent half a lifetime undoing the wildness that made his name.

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Type
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Status
deceased
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Lived 1880 to 1954 · aged 74

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