BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1880 in Chatou and died in 1954 in Garches, André Derain was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, and illustrator. André Derain is known as one of the founders of Fauvism.
Along with Henri Matisse and Maurice de Vlaminck, he is considered a leader of this new artistic movement characterized by its simplified forms, bold color palettes, and emphasis on emotion. In 1905, André Derain joined Matisse in Collioure, and together they founded Fauvism, the first aesthetic revolution of the 20th century.
Recognized as a pioneer, after World War I he turned toward a more austere realism that expressed his love of theater and literature, making him one of the major figures of the interwar period.
Derain’s sculptural work was also significant and varied. Giacometti, a fervent admirer of his work, said of him that he was one of the artists who had given him the most and taught him the most since Cézanne: “He is, for me, the most daring” (Derrière le miroir, no. 94/95, 1957, p. 7).
EXPOSURE
2026
- The gallery celebrates its 40th anniversary. Carte blanche to Pierre Wat, Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès, Paris, France
- Derain s'affiche, City Hall of the 17th arrondissement, Paris, France
- Tribute to Maurice Girardin: Collector, Gallery Owner, and Patron Group, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, France
2025
- Hommage à Maurice Girardin : collectionneur, galeriste et mécène, Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, France
2023
- Matisse, Derain et ses amis. L'avant-garde parisienne 1904-1908, Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
- Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain and the Origins of Fauvism, Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York & Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States
2017
- André Derain 1904 - 1914. La décennie radicale, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Derain, Giacometti et Balthus : une amitié artistique, Musée d'Art moderne de la ville de Paris, France
2007
- André Derain, sculpteur et photographe, Musée des beaux-arts de Carcassonne, France
1994
- André Derain. Le peintre du "trouble moderne", Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, France
1954
- Commemorative exhibition, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
1949
- Tribute to Derain, Galerie de Berri, Paris, France
1939
- Lilienfeld Galleries, New York, United States
1937
- Rétrospective au Salon des Indépendants, Petit-Palais, Paris, France
1930
- Knoedler, New York, United States
- Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, United States
1929
- Flechtheim, Berlin, Germany
- Kahnweiler, Frankfurt, Germany
- Paul Guillaume, Paris, France
1922
- Modern Gallery (Thannhauser), Munich, Germany
- Brummer, New York, United States
1912 - 1913
- Manet et les Post-Impressionistes II, Grafton Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1910
- Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France
- Manet et les Post-Impressionistes, Grafton Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1909
- Illustration of L’Enchanteur pourrissant by Guillaume Apollinaire, Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France
1908
- Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France
- Salon d’Automne, Paris, France
- Galleries Weill & Druet, Paris, France
1906
- Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France
- Salon d’Automne, Paris, France
- Galerie Berthe Weill, Paris, France
1905
- Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France
- Salon d’Automne in the exhibition « Fauve », Paris, France