![Albert Andre - After Breakfast in Renoir's House [1917] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ux5ZS8zvt31ShNdeprrZKZoDM6MuqvRbdd-8hLJxJA1LO24JeNQfSNXsgjUbQZg3nCejWTJUO3exQmtTX0fjE1dj02L8v0OynkbMOFVhw8n74Z58_Unf8ajrKOGeTGfA=s0-d)
Albert Andre (Lyon, May 24, 1869 – 1954) was a renowned Post-Impressionist. He initially worked in the textile industry designing patterns for silk fabrics. In 1889 Andre traveled to Paris and joined the Julian Academy where he studied under William Bouguereau. He exhibited for the first time in 1894 at the Salon des Independants where Auguste Renoir saw his work and befriended him. Renoir introduced Andre to Durand-Ruel who was successful in selling Andre’s work primarily abroad to American collectors. From this positive debut, Andre continued to participate in the avant-garde exhibits, most especially the Salon d’Automne from 1904 to 1944. Like many painters of his generation who followed the Impressionists, Andre was not influenced by a single technique, but by a combination of many.
This painting was sold by Sotheby's on May 8, 2008 for $91,000.
[Oil on canvas, 50 x 64 cm]
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