Albert André

Albert Andre (1869 – 1954) was a French Post-Impressionist figurative painter. Born in Lyon, he initially trained there designing patterns for silk. In 1889 he moved to Paris where he enrolled at the Academie Julian. There he met the artists known as 'Les Nabis', Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis, Vallotton, Marquet and Signac. In 1894 he was exhibiting at the Salon des Independants and caught the eye of Renoir, who became a close friend, and who guided Andre throughout his career.

Andre participated in many exhibitions in Paris and also further afield in America through Renoir's art dealer who showcased Andre's works many times. After the first World War he settled in the south of France, near Avignon, where he remained for the rest of his life. He became curator of an art museum there, now called Musee Albert Andre, and he produced a monograph on Renoir.

Many of Andre's paintings can be found in public collections world-wide including the Modern Art Museum of New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Musee d'Orsay and the Galerie Rienzo.