André Derain

Style: Fauvism; Naive Art / Primitivism; Expressionism; Cubism; Post-Impressionism;

Place: Chatou

Born: 1880

Death: 1954

Biography:

André Derain (French: [dəʁɛ̃] 10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, Île-de-France, just outside Paris. In 1895 Derain began to study on his own, contrary to claims that meeting Vlaminck or Matisse began his efforts to paint, ...