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André Derain

1880 - 1954

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André Derain (, French: [ɑ̃dʁe dəʁɛ̃]; 10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Derain has received more than 744,047 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). André Derain is the 150th most popular painter (down from 142nd in 2019), the 465th most popular biography from France (down from 451st in 2019) and the 44th most popular French Painter.

Derain is most famous for his paintings of the French countryside.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, André Derain ranks 150 out of 2,023. Before him are Umberto Boccioni, Charles Le Brun, Theo van Gogh, Albrecht Altdorfer, Suzanne Valadon, and Emil Nolde. After him are Eugène Boudin, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Otto Dix, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Lili Elbe, and Filippino Lippi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, André Derain ranks 12. Before him are Fedor von Bock, Oswald Spengler, Robert Musil, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, George Marshall, and Franz Marc. After him are Ludwig Beck, Manuel Azaña, Paul Hausser, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Werner von Fritsch, and Premchand. Among people deceased in 1954, André Derain ranks 12. Before him are Robert Capa, Princess Märtha of Sweden, Colette, Getúlio Vargas, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, and Alcide De Gasperi. After him are Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Otto Diels, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Dziga Vertov, Maximilian von Weichs, and Andrey Vyshinsky.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Derain ranks 465 out of 6,770. Before him are Francis Poulenc (1899), Luc Besson (1959), Caroline Bonaparte (1782), François-Noël Babeuf (1760), Jeanne Moreau (1928), and Annie Girardot (1931). After him are Eugène Boudin (1824), Stephen, King of England (1095), Jacques Prévert (1900), Isabelle Adjani (1955), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), and Alfred Kastler (1902).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, André Derain ranks 44. Before him are Jean Dubuffet (1901), Odilon Redon (1840), Robert Campin (1375), Robert Delaunay (1885), Charles Le Brun (1619), and Suzanne Valadon (1865). After him are Eugène Boudin (1824), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), Frédéric Bazille (1841), Théodore Rousseau (1812), Gustave Caillebotte (1848), and Maurice Utrillo (1883).

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