Oil, canvas; 55 x 65 cm
Signed p.d.: Herbuterne
Asking price 1600
Estimate 3000 - 3500
André HEBUTERNE
1892 Meaux - 1979 Paris
French painter. He studied at the Académie Ranson under Paul Sérusier. In 1914-18 he fought in World War i. 1914 r. After returning to civilian life, he and his sister Jeanne (also a painter) became involved with Modigliani. In 1920 he went to Rome for a year. He exhibited regularly at the Independent, Autumn and Tuileries Salons. Through his marriage to the daughter of painter Georges Dorignac, he became the brother-in-law of Henri Epstein. In 1930, he was awarded the Abd-el-Tif Prize and traveled to Algeria. He spent the years 1934-44 in Corsica. Later he settled in Meaux, from where he made repeated trips to Algeria.
