Maire André (1898-1984) Shell, Fruit Bowl And Purple Sky

MAIRE André (1898-1984)
Shell, fruit bowl and purple sky
Gouache
Dated 1960
Signed lower left

French painter, studied at the School of Fine Arts in the workshop of André Devambez. At 16, he successively lost his entire family and his in-laws took a major place in his life by marrying Irène, the daughter of Emile Bernard with whom he studied painting. The couple traveled to Italy and settled in Venice in 1921. From their first trip to Indochina they brought back reconstructions of Angkor presented at the Colonial Expo of 1931; He visited Spain, Egypt and India from 1948 to 1958.
André Maire was a drawing teacher in Hanoi, Dalat and Saigon. He obtained a scholarship to go to Madagascar in 1959 with stopovers in Djibouti, Egypt and Mozambique. He made his last trip in 1968 to Martinique.
The works of André Maire are presented in numerous museums: Italy, Japan, Egypt… France: Quai Branly Museum, 1930s Museum in Boulogne Billancourt…