André Derain

André Derain
Derain in 1903
Born(1880-06-10)10 June 1880
Died8 September 1954(1954-09-08) (aged 74)
Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
EducationAcadémie Camillo, Académie Julian
Known forPainting, sculpture
MovementFauvism

André Derain (/dəˈræ̃/; French: [ɑ̃dʁe dəʁɛ̃]; 10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder, with Henri Matisse, of Fauvism. His paintings of 1905–1906 are characterized by riotous colourism in the Fauve style. By 1910, however, his work had become more austere as a result of his study of Cézanne and the old masters. After the First World War, Derain became one of the leaders of the new classicism in the arts known as the Return to Order.