André-Léon Vivrel (1886-1976) - Village breton

André-Léon Vivrel (1886-1976) - Village breton
Oil on canvas mounted on panel - Artist's stamp lower right.

André-Léon Vivrel was born in 1886 in Paris. At just 15 years old, he decided to become a painter. He was supported in this path by his mother, whom he described as his first teacher, and his father, a wine merchant and first prize winner in drawing in 1870. A student at the Louis-le-Grand high school, André-Léon Vivrel returned to Académie Julian in 1910. He followed the teachings of Paul Albert Laurens there then attended the studio of Marcel Baschet and Henri Royer at the École des Beaux-Arts. He rented a studio in Montmartre, at 65 rue Caulaincourt, just eight numbers from that of Auguste Renoir. His first participation in the Salon of French Artists dates from 1913. Conscripted in 1914, he received the Croix de Guerre for heroic conduct in 1917.
Painting in very good condition, recently cleaned and varnished, beautiful new gilded frame OFFERED, dimensions with frame: 38 x 49 cm.

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