Derain

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• André Derain was a key figure in the Fauvism movement, known for his vibrant use of color.

• One was André Breton, another was André Derain… the third was André —

  My Dinner with Andre (1981)

• However, after the Great War and under the influence of a few important modern artists such as Vlaminck, Derain, and Picasso, the interest in ethnographica grew in the world of art and art collecting.

  Academic text (1995)

• Picasso, Léger, Man Ray, Foujita, Derain, the list went on.

  Fiction book (1997)

• It is there also that M. Derain obtained some; he draws inspiration not only in his paintings of a hieroglyphic synthesis, but also in his sculpted works.

  Academic text (1990)

• The painting seemed to everyone something mad or monstrous," the dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler recalled; "Derain told me that one day Picasso would be found hanging behind his big picture."

  Academic text (1994)

• These revelations broke upon the world in 1905-06, in the same period that Picasso, Vlaminck, Derain, and others were inspired to "discover" an African art that had been visible in Paris since at least the 1890s.

  Academic text (1990)

• Especially in this town made famous by Derain and Matisse when they lived there, and don't forget Picasso, who for a few years adopted the Plage St.-Vincent, next to the harbor, as his own personal playground.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Salmon wrote of this work in 1912, "Nudes came into being, whose deformation caused little surprise -- we had been prepared for it by Picasso himself, by Matisse, Derain, Braque, Van Dongen, and even earlier by Cezanne and Gauguin."

  Academic text (1990)

• Many consider Derain the pioneer of bold color in modern art.

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Andre Derain

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A French painter known for very bright color and bold landscapes

is the co-founder who helps start the movement and pioneers bold color

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