André Demonchy

Born in Paris in 1914.

Orphaned, he is collected by public
assistance and goes to work on farms in very difficult conditions before
entering the SNCF ( National French Train Company) in 1938. Settled in Paris,
he never stopped drawing every time he had a little free time and began to
paint gouaches from 1944. 

He began painting on canvas in 1947 and realized in
1948, his first personal exhibition in New York, and then in Paris, one later.
Encouraged by art critics, he will then experience a success that has never
been denied.

The first sources of inspiration for the
artist were the landscapes of the Yonne where he had worked during his
childhood. Throughout his career, he will draw from his personal experience the
subjects of his paintings. He exhibited in galleries in Toulouse, Nantes, Lyon
and Zurich. He died in Paris in 2003.