France
• 1880
- 1954
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Fauvism is the revelation of light in painting.
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André Derain (1880-1954) is one of the founders of Fauvism. He is also a painter of sets and costumes for ballets and the theater, engraver, illustrator, sculptor and writer.
Hailed as the pioneer of a new art, fauvism, before the war of 1914, he turned after 1918 to a realism with a renewed classicism which expressed his taste for the theater and letters, which made him one of the major figures of the interwar period.
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Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 inch
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The artistic movements of the artists are: Famous Illustrators, Classically-Inspired Illustrative Artists
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The year of birth of the artist is: 1880