11 Facts About Derain

1.

Andre Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.

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2.

Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, just outside Paris.

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3.

In 30 paintings, Derain presented a portrait of London that was radically different from anything done by previous painters of the city such as Whistler or Monet.

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4.

Derain experimented with stone sculpture and moved to Montmartre to be near his friend Pablo Picasso and other noted artists.

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5.

At Montmartre, Derain began to shift from the brilliant Fauvist palette to more muted tones, showing the influence of Cubism and Paul Cezanne.

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6.

Derain displayed works at the Neue Kunstlervereinigung in Munich in 1910, in 1912 at the secessionist Der Blaue Reiter and in 1913 at the seminal Armory Show in New York.

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7.

Derain illustrated a collection of poems by Max Jacob in 1912.

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8.

At about this time Derain's work began overtly reflecting his study of the Old Masters.

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9.

Derain accepted an invitation to make an official visit to Germany in 1941, and traveled with other French artists to Berlin to attend a Nazi exhibition of an officially endorsed artist, Arno Breker.

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10.

Derain died in Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France in 1954 when he was struck by a moving vehicle.

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11.

Andre Derain, photograph published in Gelett Burgess, "The Wild Men of Paris", Architectural Record, May 1910.

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