Albert André (1869-1954)

A Post-Impressionist artist and painter of 'intimiste' interiors, still lives and Parisian scenes, he was born in Lyon in 1869. André spent his childhood vacations in Laudun where his family owned vineyards. Aged 20, he left for Paris where he studied painting at the Académie Julian. In the same course were Louis Valtat, Maurice Denis and Pierre Bonnard, and like them he began painting in a Post-Impressionist manner, using the colors, light and subject matter of the mainstream Impressionists but adding more expression and design.

As early as 1894 André participated in the Salon des Indépendants where his five canvases won the admiration of August Renoir and were bought by the e...