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1867 Paris, France - 1944 Paris, France. Known for: City scene painting, newspaper and magazine illustration, drawing, commercial art.
A painter and illustrator of considerable talent, André Devambez was the son of the graveur-éditeur Édouard Devambez, and as a child was already displaying his imaginative abilities as an artist,... Read full biography
A painter and illustrator of considerable talent, André Devambez was the son of the graveur-éditeur Édouard Devambez, and as a child was already displaying his imaginative abilities as an artist, making drawings of historical battle scenes and illustrating his own stories and plays. He studied at... Read full biography
A painter and illustrator of considerable talent, André Devambez was the son of the graveur-éditeur Édouard Devambez, and as a child was already displaying his imaginative abilities as an artist, making drawings of historical battle scenes and illustrating his own stories and plays. He studied at the Académie Julian* in Paris from 1885, while also working as an assistant to his father. In 1889 Devambez began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français*, and the following year won the Prix de... Read full biography
A painter and illustrator of considerable talent, André Devambez was the son of the graveur-éditeur Édouard Devambez, and as a child was already displaying his imaginative abilities as an artist, making drawings of historical battle scenes and illustrating his own stories and plays. He studied at the Académie Julian* in Paris from 1885, while also working as an assistant to his father. In 1889 Devambez began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français*, and the following year won the Prix de Rome* with a painting of The Denial of Saint Peter, today in the collection of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He spent three years as a pensionnaire at the French Academy at the Villa Medici in Rome, between 1893 and 1896. Within a few years of... Read full biography
A painter and illustrator of considerable talent, André Devambez was the son of the graveur-éditeur Édouard Devambez, and as a child was already displaying his imaginative abilities as an artist, making drawings of historical battle scenes and illustrating his own stories and plays. He studied at the Académie Julian* in Paris from 1885, while also working as an assistant to his father. In 1889 Devambez began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français*, and the following year won the Prix de Rome* with a painting of The Denial of Saint Peter, today in the collection of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He spent three years as a pensionnaire at the French Academy at the Villa Medici in Rome, between 1893 and 1896. Within a few years of his return to France Devambez had established a modest critical and commercial reputation, admired for the o... Read full biography
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Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Book Illustration
- •Decorative Art, Decoration Design, Ornamental Arts
- •Painting, Fine Art
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Aviation, Airplanes, Aeronautics, Space Exploration
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Prix de Rome Prize
Added Description
- •Artist Has Artist Family Members
- •Newspaper Staff, Events, Artist, Cartoon, Illustration, Photography, Graphics
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Societe des Artistes Francais, Paris