André Dignimont (1891-1965), Watercolor, Exhibition At The Galliéra Museum, 1970

Framed and glazed, this watercolor depicts a garden entrance. It was featured in the retrospective exhibition at the Galliera Museum from September 12 to October 7, 1970. Signed lower right "Dignimont." 20th century. Visible size 38.5 x 23.5 cm, framed 46.5 x 31.5 cm. André Dignimont (1891-1965) was a French illustrator, painter, and engraver, renowned for his watercolors and drawings celebrating feminine beauty and Parisian life. Biography: Born on August 22, 1891, in Paris, André Pierre Jean Dignimont was the son of a wine merchant. After attending the Collège de Juilly, he continued his studies in England at Craven College, Beckenham, where he met the future actor André Luguet. Upon his return to France, he completed three years of military service followed by four years of war. After the First World War, he became a student of Tony Robert-Fleury at the Académie Julian. Settling in Montmartre, he frequented Parisian artistic circles alongside Jean-Gabriel Domergue, Roger de la Fresnaye, Louis Marcoussis, Robert Lotiron, and André Warnod. (FR.WIKIPEDIA.ORG)