Andre Derain, Derriere le Miroir, Lithography, 1958, no 111 + 4 Dessins, 1957

Description: Offering an original double page Lithograph by Andre Derain ( photo 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), from the edition Derriere le Miroir, produced in 1958, no 111, signed in the plate (photo 5). This is not a complete Derriere le Miroir edition.As well as 4 original Dessins by Andre Derain from the Derriere le Miroir 1957, no 94-95, photo 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Both artworks have the normal vertical original fold in the paper center.Only the Lithograph comes with text on the verso, in French ( photo 4). Conditions: see photographs: good. Specifically considering the age, over 65 year old. The art prints have never been framed.Paper sizes: 15" x 22" (38x55 cm). The Art Editions of Derrière le Miroir have been published by Maeght Paris from 1946 to 1982 in a total of 253. These 253 editions contain Lithographs, Dessins and Reproductions of well known artists from the above mentioned period, as well as well known writers commenting to the artists and artworks.The language is French and the estimated number printed ranges from 1500 in the first 15 years up to over 10.000 in the final years.The format has always been lose pages with a fold in the middle, measuring 11" x 15" (28 x 38 cm) for a single page and no fold, for a double page 22" x 15" ( 56 cm x 38 cm), with the well known fold in the middle and in a few editions atriple and/or quadruple page. Andre Derain was born in Chatou, near Paris, in 1880. He learnt painting with Jacomin’s painter and went regularly to the Academy Camillo (Paris, 1898). In 1900, he bound a friendship with Maurice de Vlaminck and the two friends shared a same atelier in the island of Chatou. He painted realistic landscapes then. The two men worked together.In 1904, Derain painted canvases with pure colors with the desire to free his paintings from any conventional and restrictive contact. In 1905, he exhibited to the Salon des Indépendants, then to the Salon d’Automne in the room known as “La cage aux fauves”. André Derain became one of the leaders of the Fauvism. His topics were the landscape, the portrait, the self-portrait. This same year, Ambroise Vollard’s merchant bought him everything he created in his atelier.Derain stayed in Collioure with Henri Matisse, and discovered a new concept of the light there, applying to his canvases a multiplicity of small amount of vivid colors. From 1907, Derain painted simpler forms and geometrical ones, with more neutral colors, seeking to make a synthesis between classicism and modernity.With the war in 1914, Derain was mobilized; he took part in the Somme’s actions, then in Verdun. His first personal exhibition was organized during the war, in 1916.In 1919, Derain created decorations and costumes for ballets. Between the two world war period, André Derain carried out a more realistic and traditional painting, in reference to the previous paintmasters; he was always devoted to his own topics (nude, portraits, landscapes), but also carried out figures compositions or bunches of flowers.During the Second World War, he travelled with French artists in Germany (1941); although he refused all German orders or purchases, this trip made him known a time of popular rejection in the post-war period. If you have any question, contact me.When you have a moment, I invite you to see my other artworks.

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Location: Montreal, Quebec

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