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Andre Favory BIOGRAPHY
1888 Paris, France - 1937. Known for: Landscape, figure and nude figure paintings.
Andre Favory was born in Paris in 1889. He attended the Académie Julian, where he became acquainted with Jean Metzinger, Andre Lhote and Marie Laurencin. As was true for many of the Cubists, Paul... Read full biography
Andre Favory was born in Paris in 1889. He attended the Académie Julian, where he became acquainted with Jean Metzinger, Andre Lhote and Marie Laurencin. As was true for many of the Cubists, Paul Cezanne was an early and important influence. Favory painted in a cubist style for the first few years... Read full biography
Andre Favory was born in Paris in 1889. He attended the Académie Julian, where he became acquainted with Jean Metzinger, Andre Lhote and Marie Laurencin. As was true for many of the Cubists, Paul Cezanne was an early and important influence. Favory painted in a cubist style for the first few years of his career, he began exhibiting works in 1909. By 1913, he had decided to make painting his career, but in 1914 he was mobilized for war, which interrupted his work until he began exhibiting again... Read full biography
Andre Favory was born in Paris in 1889. He attended the Académie Julian, where he became acquainted with Jean Metzinger, Andre Lhote and Marie Laurencin. As was true for many of the Cubists, Paul Cezanne was an early and important influence. Favory painted in a cubist style for the first few years of his career, he began exhibiting works in 1909. By 1913, he had decided to make painting his career, but in 1914 he was mobilized for war, which interrupted his work until he began exhibiting again in 1919. Favory's experiences and the passing of time had changed his understanding of art. The realities of the war had given him a deeper appreciation of nature and life; he grew dissatisfied with the intellectualism of the Cubist movement. In... Read full biography
Andre Favory was born in Paris in 1889. He attended the Académie Julian, where he became acquainted with Jean Metzinger, Andre Lhote and Marie Laurencin. As was true for many of the Cubists, Paul Cezanne was an early and important influence. Favory painted in a cubist style for the first few years of his career, he began exhibiting works in 1909. By 1913, he had decided to make painting his career, but in 1914 he was mobilized for war, which interrupted his work until he began exhibiting again in 1919. Favory's experiences and the passing of time had changed his understanding of art. The realities of the war had given him a deeper appreciation of nature and life; he grew dissatisfied with the intellectualism of the Cubist movement. In 1922, he made many excursions to Belgium where he intensively studied the art of Peter Paul Rubens, whose work ex... Read full biography
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Andre Favory was born in Paris in 1889. He attended the Académie Julian, where he became acquainted with Jean Metzinger, Andre Lhote and Marie Laurencin.
As was true for many of the Cubists, Paul Cezanne was an early and important influence. Favory painted in a cubist style for the first few years of his career, he began exhibiting works in 1909. By 1913, he had decided to make painting his career, but in 1914 he was mobilized for war, which interrupted his work until he began exhibiting again in 1919.
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