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André Lhote
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André Lhote, 1925
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| Born | 5 July 1885 Bordeaux, France
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| Died | 24 January 1962 (aged 76) Paris, France
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| Awards | Grand Prix National de Peinture 1955 |
André Lhote (born July 5, 1885 – died January 24, 1962) was a famous French artist. He was known for his paintings of people, landscapes, and still life objects. Lhote was also a very important teacher and writer about art.
Early Life and Learning
André Lhote was born in Bordeaux, France. When he was 12, he started learning to carve wood and make sculptures. His father arranged for him to work with a furniture maker.
In 1898, he joined the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux. He studied decorative sculpture there until 1904. During this time, he also started painting in his free time.
In 1905, Lhote moved into his own studio to focus only on painting. He was inspired by artists like Paul Gauguin and Paul Cézanne. His first art show was in 1910, after he had moved to Paris.
His Art Career
André Lhote first painted in a style called Fauvism. This style uses bright, bold colors. Later, he changed his style to Cubism. Cubism is an art style where objects are broken up and painted from different angles.
In 1912, he joined a group of Cubist artists called the Section d'Or. He showed his art with other famous artists like Marcel Duchamp and Jean Metzinger.
The First World War stopped his art work for a while. After the war, in 1917, he joined a group of Cubist artists supported by Léonce Rosenberg. In 1918, he helped start an art magazine called Nouvelle Revue Française. He wrote articles about art ideas for this magazine until 1940.
Lhote also taught art at several schools in Paris. From 1918 to 1920, he taught at the Académie Notre-Dame des Champs. Later, he taught at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In 1922, he even started his own art school in Paris, called Academy André Lhote.
Many students learned from him, including famous artists like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Tamara de Lempicka, and Sava Šumanović.
André Lhote gave many talks about art in France and other countries. He lectured in Belgium, England, and Italy. In the 1950s, he also lectured in Egypt and Brazil. In Egypt, he worked with Effat Nagy, using ancient Egyptian art as inspiration.
His art was recognized with a big award in 1955, called the Grand Prix National de Peinture. He was also chosen to be the president of the International Association of Painters, Engravers and Sculptors by UNESCO.
Death
André Lhote passed away in Paris in 1962.
Gallery of works
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French Landscape, 1912, oil on canvas, 89 x 116 cm, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
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L'Escale (The Stopover), 1913, oil on canvas, 210 x 185 cm, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
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Sketch for L'Escale, 1913, published in Montjoie!, n.5, 14 April 1913
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14 July, Port de Bordeaux-Poincaré, 1913–14, oil on canvas, 65 x 81.5 cm, private collection
See also
In Spanish: André Lhote para niños
