Andre Derain - Co-founder of Fauvism (Art)

“André Derain--French painter, graphic artist, and designer. After studying in Paris at the Acadmie Carrire and Acadmie Julian, he developed his early style in association with his friends Maurice de Vlaminck and Henri Matisse; the three were the principal exponents of Fauvism. Their landscapes and figure studies featured brilliant colours, broken brushstrokes, and impulsive lines. By the 1920s, however, Derain had turned to the Neoclassical style ( Classicism and Neoclassicism). He produced numerous book i