Painting By André Wilder

Canvases representing nature André Wilder is an impressionist painter born in 1871. Under the leadership of André, his musicologist father, he immersed himself in the artistic world from his earliest childhood and studied at the school of decorative arts. On this occasion, he established bonds of mutual respect with Jean Léon Gérôme and Marius Michel. In 1895, André Wilder discovered Brittany during a trip with the painter Maxime Maufra. We find his Breton landscapes and stormy seas in many of the artist's paintings. His work includes views of Belle Ile, like Monet's famous paintings, of the Gulf of Morbihan, Carnac and Quiberon. The unique light of the Dutch landscapes also pleases him and constitutes another fertile source of inspiration. He quickly became known as an accomplished impressionist and exhibited at the Autumn Salon. A painter in the impressionist tradition, he soon left the Workshop to paint directly in the open air. An admirer of Monet and Sisley, without ever becoming their imitator, his landscapes with vibrant features are painted outdoors, on vermillion-prepared canvases. The preparation often emerges giving the outlines of objects unusual reddish hues. Many of his works were purchased by the French state to be placed in various ministries, prefectures, town halls, museums. Museums and institutes: Paris, Musée de la Ville French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister of the Interior Prefecture of Haute-Loire and Loire-Atlantique former executive