Art Price Index: André Devambez’s Teeming and Quirky World

Published on 17 November 2022, by Anne Doridou-Heim

The artist, as a witness to his time, produced visions of a changing society encompassing both “little ones” and the great and the good. The Petit Palais in Paris is devoting an exhibition to him until December 31, 2022.

€6,243André Devambez (1867-1944), À la plage (At the Beach), oil on panel, 8.5 x... Art Price Index: André Devambez’s Teeming and Quirky World

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André Devambez (1867-1944), À la plage (At the Beach), oil on panel, 8.5 x 14.5 cm/3.3 x 5.7 in. Paris, V.V. Room, September 16, 2020. Millon auction house. Ms Ritzenthaler.

André Devambez emerged in the heart of the Belle Époque on the fringe of major artistic movements, leaving a copious corpus with an unbridled imagination, whose modernity dazzles today. A painter, engraver and illustrator, he represented scenes of the life of his times, giving them a personal touch. His "little ones"—as he…

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