Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
French, 1905-1977
Louis Bethomme Saint Andre (1905-1977) is one of the great representatives of French figurative painting in the 20th century. A pupil of Cormon at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and of the Pierre Laurens studio, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1924 to 1929, winning the Silver Medal. He retained from his training a taste for well-learnt techniques, but from his earliest works he was a modernist: his constructions show decomposed forms inspired by Cézanne, while retaining a keen sense of rigour.
He never strayed from realism, but his highly coloured, sometimes incisive palette and his freedom of representation gave his painting a bite and acidity that placed him among the great talents of his time. Winner of the Abd-el-Tif prize (1925), he spent time in Algeria, where he learned how to make light vibrate in the colours of his palette. Between the wars, his inspiration was close to surrealism. During the Occupation, he became very "fauve", in reaction to the darkness of the war.
Louis' paintings magnify women. His nudes are both sensual and colourful. He also devoted himself to erotic illustrations, where he created more muted atmospheres, where the subject and composition took precedence over colour. He illustrated Verlaine, Crébillon fils and Voltaire's erotic tales. Haute-couture called on his talents. Before the war he exhibited regularly at all the major Salons: from 1928 at the Salon d'Automne, at the Salon des Beaux-Arts (1934 to 1936) and at the Salon des Tuileries from 1935. After the war, he exhibited at the Salon Comparaison and the Salon des peintres Témoins de notre temps, and was president of the Salon du dessin et de la peinture à l'eau. He exhibited internationally, in Europe, the USA and Japan, and in 1977, just before his death, he was awarded the Grand Prix des Peintres Témoins de leur Temps (Bibliography Michel Droit. Berthommé Saint-André. Éditions de la revue moderne, 1981).(Biography provided by French Art Treasures)
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1951 original travel poster by Louis Berthomme Saint-Andr to Lourdes SNCF
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1951 original travel poster by Louis Berthomme Saint-André for Lourdes, commissioned by the French National Railway Company (SNCF), is a captivating testament to the allure of th...
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1950s Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Berthomme Saint-André, Before Bathing, 1926
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Watercolor by Louis BERTHOMME SAINT-ANDRE, France, 1926. Befor bathing. With frame: 74x63.5 cm - 29.1x25 inches ; without frame, just the watercolor: 50x36 cm - 19.7x14.2 inches. Si...
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1920s Art Deco Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Watercolor
The Red-haired Woman
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Louis BERTHOMME SAINT-ANDRE, France, 1940s. Young Red-haired Woman. with frame: 74x63 cm - 29.1x24.8 inches ; without frame: 61x50 cm - 24x19.7 inches. Format 12F. ...
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1940s Neo-Expressionist Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Canvas, Oil
The Nude - Drawing by L. B. Saint-André - Mid 20th Century
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
The Nude is a drawing, realized in Mid 20th Century, by the French post-impressionist painter and illustrator Louis André Berthommé Saint-André (1905-1977).
Black and white penc...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Paper, Pencil
Untitled - Drawing by L. B. Saint-André - Mid 20th Century
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a drawing, realized in Mid 20th Century, by the French post-impressionist painter and illustrator Louis André Berthommé Saint-André (1905-1977).
Black and white penc...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Paper, Pencil
The Little Pig - Drawing by L. B. Saint-André - Mid 20th Century
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
The Little Pig is an original drawing, realized in Mid 20th Century, by the French post-impressionist painter and illustrator Louis André Berthommé Saint-André (1905-1977).
Blac...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Pencil, Paper
The Old Man's Face - Drawing by L. B. Saint-André - Mid 20th Century
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Man's face is a drawing, realized in Mid 20th Century, by the French post-impressionist painter and illustrator Louis André Berthommé Saint-André (1905-1977).
Black and...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Paper, Pencil
The Woman's Face - Drawing by L. B. Saint-André - Mid 20th Century
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
The Woman's face is a drawing, realized in Mid 20th Century, by the French post-impressionist painter and illustrator Louis André Berthommé Saint-André (1905-1977).
Black and wh...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Paper, Pencil
The Woman - Drawing by L. B. Saint-André - Mid 20th Century
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
The Woman is an original drawing, realized in Mid 20th Century, by the French post-impressionist painter and illustrator Louis André Berthommé Saint-André (1905-1977).
Black and ...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Paper, Pencil
The Cyclops - Drawing by L. B. Saint-André - Mid 20th Century
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
The Cyclops is a drawing, realized in Mid 20th Century, by the French post-impressionist painter and illustrator Louis André Berthommé Saint-André (1905-1977).
Black and white p...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Paper, Pencil
untitled woman in boudoir original lithograph
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection and in very good condition. It is original, numbered and signed by the artist in the plate and on the print. Guilde de la Gravure.
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Oil, Lithograph
Berthomme Saint-André, The Nap, Watercolor, 1925
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Watercolor by Louis BERTHOMME SAINT-ANDRE, France, ca.1925. The nap. With frame: 75x60.5 cm - 29.5x23.8 inches, without frame, just the watercolor: 53x39 cm - 20.9x15.35 inches. Signed lower left "Berthomme St André" (see photo).
Louis Berthommé Saint-André is a figurative painter, fresco painter, decorator, illustrator, engraver, ceramist and French lithographer born in 1905. He comes from rural and commercial France: his father ran a wine and grocery business. In his youth, Louis Berthommé Saint-André was injured by a kick, which left him with a stiff leg, preventing him from driving, among other things. The family left Oise to settle in Saintes, where the artist studied at La Recouvrance. He entered as a student architect with Georges Naud, responsible for the historical monuments of Charente then, in 1921, he entered the School of Fine Arts in Paris.
Louis Berthommé Saint-André is one of the great representatives of French figurative painting in the 20th century. He was trained at the School of Fine Arts by two very old masters who died during his training: Fernand Cormon (1845-1924) and Jean-Paul Laurens (1838-1921). He retains from their training the taste for well-learnt techniques, but from his first works, he is part of modernity. His constructions show decomposed forms inspired by Cézanne, while maintaining a keen sense of rigour. He never strayed from realism, but his very colourful, sometimes incisive palette and his freedom in representation gave his painting a bite and an acidity that placed Louis Berthommé Saint-André among the great talents of his time.
Silver medal at the Salon of French Artists where he exhibited from 1924 to 1929, he won the Abd-el-Tif Prise in 1925 and was then the youngest resident of the villa in Algiers. Friend of Jean Launois, in addition to his recognised portraits, he painted Algiers and the Kasbah. His studies of women recall those of Eugène Delacroix, but if his luminous inspiration is due to the Algerian sun, his touch is more Cézanne than purely orientalist. He left Algeria in 1928, to return there in 1931.
Before the war, Berthommé Saint-André exhibited regularly in all the major Salons: from 1928 at the Salon d'Automne, at the Salon des Beaux-Arts (1934 to 1936) at the Salon des Tuileries since 1935. His inspiration is close to surrealism .
During the Occupation, he became very "fauve", in reaction to the darkness of the war. He joined the Resistance, and collaborated with Vaincre (Resistance newspaper).
After the war, he developed a style close to poetic reality (Brianchon, Legueult, Oudot, Terechkovitch, Cavaillès. Caillard, Limouse, and Planson), without however ever being part of the group so called. He is present at the Salon Comparaison, at the Salon of painters Witnesses of our time, is president of the Salon of drawing and water-based painting. He has exhibited solo internationally, in Europe, the USA and Japan in particular. In 1977, he received just before his death, the grand prise of Painters Witnesses of their Time.
He died on October 1, 1977 in Paris.
Bibliography
- Michel Droit. Berthommé Saint-André. Éditions de la revue moderne, 1981
Wall frescoes
Entrance to the Direction, National School of Fine Arts, Paris
Lycée Charlemagne, Paris, Notre-Dame and the banks of the Seine, 1952
Staircase of the Staff of Poitiers
Personal exhibitions
Villa Abd-el-Tif, Alger, 1922
Galerie Armand Drouant, Paris, 1928
Galerie Marcel Bernheim...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Paper, Watercolor
Dancer Combing Hair - Lithograph by L. B. Saint-André - Early 20th Century
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
Dancer Combing her Hair is an original lithograph realized by Louis Berthomme Saint-André in the 20th Century.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right corner. Numbered on the lowe...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Lithograph
Untitled - Original Lithograph by L. B. de Saint-André - 1930s
By Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful original b/w lithograph on ivory colored paper stuck on cardboard, hand-numbered on lower-left and hand-signed on lower-right (one signature in pencil, other one on plate)....
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1930s Modern Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre Art
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Lithograph
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