Mayor André (1898-1984) Venice, Rive Degli Schiavoni Giorgi

MAIRE ANDRÉ (1898-1984)
Venice, Riva degli Schiavoni and San Giorgi
Oil on canvas
210 x 130 cm
Signed lower left and dated 1941
Provenance: family of the artist

French painter, studied at the School of Fine Arts in the workshop of André Devambez. At the age of 16 he successively lost his entire family and his in-laws took a major place in his life by marrying the daughter Irène, of Emile Bernard with whom he studied painting. Traveled to Italy and settled in Venice in 1921 From his first trip to Indochina he brought back reconstructions of Angkor presented at the Colonial Expo of 1931; Visit Spain, Egypt, India. from 1948 to 1958, Maire was a drawing teacher in Hanoi; Dalat and Saigon Obtains a grant to go to Madagascar in 1959 with stopovers in Djibouti, Egypt and Mozambique He makes his last trip in 1968 to Martinique. André Maire is represented in many museums, Italy, Japan, Egypt, France