André Fau (

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November 13, 1896, January 31, 1982) was a French post-Cubist artist, architect, ceramist, songwriter, poet born in

Biography

Fau studied decorative arts at the

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and under Gabriel Ferrier. Since 1919 dedicated himself to literature. In 1920 he founded a book association Young Songs, at Gozlin street, Saint Germain des Prés. Since 1921 till 1932 he started to dive deep into ceramic art. André Fau had patents on inventions in decorative art that got widely popular, were published and especially appreciated in Japan. He also became the youngest juror of the decorative art exposition. He created crystal objects models for a

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factory. And the same years famous composers of the time wrote songs based on his lyrics. In the 1930s during an economic crisis he came up with his friends how to help artists in a rather unusual for that time manner — opening an exposition sale on the walls of the bar “Bar efte” (Le Rond-Point des Artistes, 5. r. du Metz). In 1944 he published a significant work “Montmartre village de Paris”. This book contains 25 watercolors where Fau expressed his tender love to

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. The book was a great success and it completed collections of bibliophiles. In

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, America,

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and in the whole world André Fau exhibited his works along with famous artists such as

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and many others. In 1982 André Fau’s works were presented on the exhibition “Les Peintres indépendants de Montmartre 1920-1940” along with works of

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, Gen Paul, Marcel Leprin, Edmond Heuze,

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, Élisée Maclet,

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, Louis Marcoussis, Charles Camoin,

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, Chas Laborde and others. Today his works are repeatedly being sold on different auctions around the world. Including such prestigious as

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and

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Family

Wife Suzanne-Marie-Thérèse Denglos-Fau (1922-2002), а writer and a poet.catalogue.bnf.
№ cb12601214z; BnF Difference in age of this married couple was almost 26 years. Despite that their relationships became an illustration of elite art marriages of Montmartre.

References

External links

Works André Fau
pictify.com
Fau, André - Biography, Art Deco Ceramic Glass Light

Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2006
site Oxford Index (subscription or library membership required) * ''Comoedia illustré''
1929-06, Comœdia illustré : journal artistique bi-mensue, p.29
Gallica BnF * ''Comoedia''
1933/12/21 (A27,N7621), p.1, ''Le Salon de Echanges..''
''La Semaine à Paris'',
1934/02/02 (N610)-1934/02/08, p.44
''Le Figaro''
1936/02/28 (Numéro 59), p.4 ''Poètes aux cabarets at cabarets sans poètes''
Gallica BnF {{DEFAULTSORT:Fau, Andre 1896 births 1982 deaths School of Paris 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters French modern painters French cubist artists Futurist painters Art Deco artists École des Beaux-Arts alumni 20th-century French ceramists 20th-century French poets 20th-century French sculptors French male sculptors French male poets 20th-century French male writers