André Dunoyer de Segonzac

André Dunoyer de Segonzac, a French painter and graphic artist, captured the world from battlefields to pastoral landscapes with spontaneous lines and rich textures.

ABOUT

Born in 1884, André Dunoyer de Segonzac initially pursued art against his parents' wishes for a military career. He briefly studied at academies like Luc-Olivier Merson's and Académie de La Palette, but quickly found his own independent path, declaring 1906 the true start of his artistic journey. His work, characterized by its spontaneous drawing style and often somber, thickly painted surfaces, began appearing in prominent exhibitions like the Salon d'Automne in 1908 and th…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Tow Path 1884 · Cleveland Museum of Art Landscape with a Church 1884 · Cleveland Museum of Art Recumbant Female Nude, Seen from Back 1904 · Art Institute of Chicago The Farm: Afternoon 1926 · Art Institute of Chicago Trees and Boats, St. Tropez 1927 · Art Institute of Chicago The House in the Forest 1884 · Cleveland Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Gustave CourbetRealism Paul CézannePost-Impressionism

Influenced

Samuel PeploeScottish Colourists