Andr Derain (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Andr Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, le-de-France, just outside Paris. In 1898, while studying to be an engineer at the Acad mie Camillo, he attended painting classes under Eug ne Carri re, 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 Acad mie Julian