André Barbier (1883-1970) Cliffs At Etretat, Circa 1903

André Barbier (1883-1970)
Cliffs at Etretat, circa 1903
Oil on canvas
102.5 x 81.5 cm with frame
81 x 62 cm
Signed lower right

In 1903, aged twenty, André Barbier moved to Paris . He becomes the friend of the genius of impressionism Claude Monet whom he admires. He also frequented Albert Marquet, Maurice Denis and Georges d'Espagnat… The Parisian circle introduced him to turn-of-the-century painting which revolutionized the pictorial thought of the time. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants from 1903 to 1938 as well as at the Salon d'Automne and the Tuileries, then showed his works in personal exhibitions, notably at the Galerie Durand-Ruel. He painted many landscapes of Paris and its close suburbs, Normandy and the Côte d'Azur, as far as Italy.