Artist

André Devambez

Portrait of André Devambez
Portrait of André Devambez

French, 1867–1944

André Devambez was a French Post-Impressionism painter. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Palace of Versailles, most of them oil paintings. André Devambez was born in 1st arrondissement of Paris.

André Victor Édouard Devambez (26 May 1867 – 18 March 1944) was a French painter and illustrator. best-known his whimsical illustrations of children's books and his dramatic paintings of Paris scenes and of early airplanes from a viewpoint high above. He was professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, a member of the French Academie des Beaux-Arts, and a Commander of the French Legion of Honor, but his work is little known today aside from nine paintings found in the Musée d'Orsay, and occasional special exhibitions.

Works by André Devambez

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