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The Church at Vers
DERAIN, Andre (1880 - 1954)
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© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2002
Date: 1912
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 65.5 x 92.3 cm
Acquired: 1974; Purchase
Accession Number: NMW A 2161
In 1905-06 Derain was one of the leading Fauves (Wild Beasts), an avant garde group of French artists who produced brightly coloured landscapes. Under the influence of Cézanne, he subsequently adopted a more restrained palette. This landscape with a romanesque church and a calvary on a hill was painted at Vers near Cahors in the mountainous Lot region of Southern France. Its fresh, self-consciously naïve approach pays homage to Trecento Italian painting.
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