Andre Hambourg Wall Decorations

Oil on canvas, signed lower right and inscribed on back. Andre´ Hambourg was born in Paris on May 5, 1909. Entering the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in 1926, he studied sculpture under Paul Niclausse for four years. The young artist then entered the studio of Lucien Simon at the E´cole nationale supe´rieure des Beaux-Arts. While in the middle of his academic studies, Hambourg had his debut solo exhibition at the Galerie Taureau in Paris in 1928. He was only 19 years old at the time. Because of the early recognition of his talent, Hambourg became active in the important Paris salons in the first stages of his developing career. In 1931, he was made a member of the Salon de l’Art Franc¸ais Inde´pendant and the Salon de l’Oeuvre Unique. Andre´ Hamburg was demobilized in Casablanca in 1940, but then civilian by the regiment of engineers in 1943, then called by Raoul Salan and assigned to the 2nd Bureau where he became editor, draftsman, reporter of the newspaper "Combattant 1943" then "Combattant 1944 He was named in December 1944 war correspondent accredited to the US HQ (SHAPE), his military experience (being in the first to have reached the nest He wrote two books in 1947: "Berchtesgaden party" and "D'Alger a` Berchtesgaden". In an interview he wrote an account of his experience in "La kermesse aux e´toiles" in 1953 and 1954, of which he was the organizer, of cheap sales of works by renowned artists in front of the Kermesse public for 3 days and 3 nights. He wrote in the newspaper "Cols bleus" of the Navy souvenirs ("4 July 1943", whose oil on paper will be offered by President Mitterrand to President Reagan) or travel. The entire work of the artist will be the subject of numerous books, publications, articles, interviews of Jose´ Arthur, Michel Law, Jacques Chancel and Micheline Sandrel. In 1970 five hundred of his works formed a prestigious retrospective at the Maison de Culture in Bourges. Other notable shows include Drawings of Venice...

Watercolor, French, 20th century. Born in May 1903 in Paris; died 4 December 1999, in Paris. Painter. Watercolorist, pastelist engraver, lithographer, draughtsman, illustrat...

French, 20th century. Born in May 1903 in Paris; died 4 December 1999, in Paris. Painter. Watercolorist, pastelist engraver, lithographer, draughtsman, illustrator, designer. ...