AN AMBIGUOUS ARTIST
André Derain (1880-1954: French) is very ambiguous for me. Some of his work I like immensely and then other paintings I compare with Paul Cezanne, Picasso, Matisse and even Pissaro or Signac and Seurat. . As you will see in the photos I took, that he has a very strange stick and glue style. He never wanted to belong to a movement so changed his way of painting frequently. On the other hand he was a founding member of Fauvism and worked closely with Maurice de Vlaminck and Matisse. In actual fact it was Matisse who helped to convince Derain’s family to let him pursue his career in painting. There is so much of his work looks vaguely familiar. I tried only to take photos of what really seemed to stand out (for me) and work which was not influenced too much by other artists This is where he began... A House in Chatou - 1900 Still Life - around 1904 Nude in front of a miror - 1901 French Republic : Liberty, Equality Fraternity 1903-05 Chatou - André arriving in hi