Derain
Americannoun
noun
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People like Georges Braque and André Derain were blown away and began to paint in that style.
From National Geographic • Apr. 14, 2018
A Derain painting that sold for $24 million in 2010 set an auction record for both the artist and a Fauve painting.
From Washington Times • May 9, 2016
Braque and Derain shortly became, in the words of Gertrude Stein, “Picassoites and were definitely not Matisseites.”
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2010
While other pioneering modernists, such as Fernand Léger or André Derain, remain firmly in their time, Picasso is the kind of universal spirit whose art seems to transcend time – paradoxically, a timeless modernist.
From The Guardian • May 6, 2010
If the androids had remained substandard, like the ancient q-40s made by Derain Associates—there would be no problem and no need of my skill.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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