• 27/02/2022
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Heritage: in Chambourcy, the André Derain house, an elusive Fauve<

They are in the flesh, powerful and generous. On his portrait, we only see them. These hands that have modeled masks, ceramics and paintings. "A polymorphic titan", enthuses Béatrice Montfort, guide lecturer in André Derain's studio in Chambourcy (Yvelines). Where is piled up in the middle of green walls the extent of his creations. A Fauve, as much by his work as by his physique. He who has been at the center of artistic revolutions has lived in this vast and bright house, reopened to the public since January. A refuge where he ended his reclusive and taciturn life. As if to escape the tragedies that marked his existence.