André Devambez (1867 - 1944). Vertigo of the imagination.
Paris Museums| N° d'inventaire | 25905 |
| Format | 24 x 30 |
| Détails | 368 p., numerous illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782759605194 |
Son of the founder of Maison Devambez, an engraving and art book publishing company, André Devambez (1877-1944) would follow the successful path of a Parisian artist of the late 19th century. After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, in the studio of Benjamin Constant, he was awarded the Grand Prix de Rome for painting in 1890, became official painter to the Air Ministry in 1934 and head of the painting studio at the Beaux-Arts in Paris between 1929 and 1937.
Painter, designer, engraver, but also children's illustrator, André Devambez has dealt with realistic or fanciful subjects with verve from an always unexpected angle. A master of detail, caricatured expressions, improbable angles and unusual subjects, characterized by his taste for tiny formats...
At the turn of the Belle Époque, which saw a flood of marginal creators emerge in the capital, the work of André Devambez - artist and witness engaged in a modern society in movement (see his subjects on the airplane, the cinematograph, or the telephone -, delivers "an extremely lively and always unexpected spectacle, although it is borrowed from the strictest reality. Devambez not only makes fantasy with reality, but he also makes reality with fantasy." (Arsène Alexandre). The published work, richly illustrated, is the first comprehensive book about the artist.
Son of the founder of Maison Devambez, an engraving and art book publishing company, André Devambez (1877-1944) would follow the successful path of a Parisian artist of the late 19th century. After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, in the studio of Benjamin Constant, he was awarded the Grand Prix de Rome for painting in 1890, became official painter to the Air Ministry in 1934 and head of the painting studio at the Beaux-Arts in Paris between 1929 and 1937.
Painter, designer, engraver, but also children's illustrator, André Devambez has dealt with realistic or fanciful subjects with verve from an always unexpected angle. A master of detail, caricatured expressions, improbable angles and unusual subjects, characterized by his taste for tiny formats...
At the turn of the Belle Époque, which saw a flood of marginal creators emerge in the capital, the work of André Devambez - artist and witness engaged in a modern society in movement (see his subjects on the airplane, the cinematograph, or the telephone -, delivers "an extremely lively and always unexpected spectacle, although it is borrowed from the strictest reality. Devambez not only makes fantasy with reality, but he also makes reality with fantasy." (Arsène Alexandre). The published work, richly illustrated, is the first comprehensive book about the artist.