Artist

André Derain

Portrait of André Derain
Portrait of André Derain

French, 1880–1954

André Derain was a French Cubism artist. 22 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. André Derain was born in Chatou.

André Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder, with Henri Matisse, of Fauvism. His paintings of 1905–1906 are characterized by riotous colourism in the Fauve style. By 1910, however, his work had become more austere as a result of his study of Cézanne and the old masters.

After the First World War, Derain became one of the leaders of the new classicism in the arts known as the Return to order.

Works by André Derain

Collections represented

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