André Derain

André Derain (10 June 1880 ? 8 September 1954) was a French painter and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.

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Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, Île-de-France, just outside Paris. In 1898, while studying to be an engineer at the Académie Camillo, he attended painting classes under Eugène Carrière, and there met Matisse. In 1900, he met and shared a studio with Maurice de Vlaminck and began to paint his first landscapes. His studies were interrupted from 1901 to 1904 when he was conscripted into the French army. Following his release from service, Matisse persuaded Derain's parents to allow him to abandon his engineering career and devote himself solely to painting; subsequently Derain attended the Académie Julian.

Fauvism: Les Fauves (French for wild beasts), a short-lived and loose grouping of early Modern artists, emphasized painterly qualities, and the use of deep color, over the representational values retained by Impressionism even with its focus on light and the moment. Fauvists simplified lines, whist making th...

Henri Matisse: Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was the leading French artist of the 20th century. Particularly noted for his striking use of colour, Matisse is one of the very few indisputable giants of modern art, alongside Picasso and Kandinsky....

Chatou: Chatou is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris . (8.9 miles) from the center....

André Derain related Images and Photos (experimental)

André Dubosc and Françoise Rosay: La Femme En Homme 1931	André Antoine and Léonard Antoine: Les Travailleurs De La Mer 1918	Andréa Parisy and Jacques Charrier: Les Tricheurs 1958	René Cresté and Yvette Andréyor: Judex 1916
André Lefaur Max Dearly Saturnin Fabre and Victor Boucher: Ils Étaient Neuf Célibataires 1939	Half-Length Portrait of the Film Actress Fern Andra