Peintre andre lhote biography

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Biography

One of the most thoughtful and versatile of modern artists, Andre Lhote was gifted in both painting and sculpture, although he is probably best known as an influential teacher and critic of modern art.

During the first half of his career, his main interest was Cubism, a style he applied to his figure painting, his portraiture and his landscapes, as well as his still lifes. Marked by meticulous composition, his pictures were characterized by complex systems of interacting planes and geometrical forms, with precise unmodulated colours.

During the second half of his career he was heavily involved in art education, opening his own school in Paris and another in Rio de Janeiro. Among his pupils were Irish artists including Evie Hone (1894–1955) and Norah McGuinness (1901-1980), and the great art deco artist Tamara de Lempicka (189