André, Albert
(b Lyon, 24 May 1869; d Laudun, Gard, 11 July 1954). French painter, writer and museum curator. He received his initial art training in Lyon and began his career designing patterns for silk, the citys principal industry. After moving to
André, Albert (b Lyon, 24 May 1869; d Laudun, Gard, 11 July 1954). French painter, writer and museum curator. He received his initial art training in Lyon and began his career designing patterns for silk, the citys principal industry. After moving to Paris in 1889, he attended the Académie Julian and subsequently met Louis Valtat, Paul Ranson, Georges DEspagnat and Henri Bataille (18721922). Perhaps the most important influence on his work was Auguste Renoir, who first saw Andrés paintings in 1894 at the Salon des Indépendants and was so favourably impressed that he recommended André to the dealer Paul Durand-Ruel. The two artists struck up a close relationship, which lasted until Renoirs death in 1919. Andrés monograph Renoir (1919) is one of the most accurate contemporary accounts of the artists work. In: http://www.artnet.com/library/00/0027/T002732.asp