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Andre Andrejew

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Andre Andrejew

Birth
Siauliai, Šiauliai City Municipality, Šiauliai, Lithuania
Death
13 Mar 1967 (aged 80)
France
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(Russian: Андрей Андреев) André - Andrei - Andrew = Andrejew

was one of the most important art directors of the international cinema of the twentieth century. He had a distinctive, innovative style. His décors were both expressive and realistic. French writer Lucie Derain described Andrejew at the peak of his career as "an artist of the grand style, blessed with a vision of lyrical quality." Edith C. Lee wrote recently: "Believing in creative freedom rather than academic reconstruction, André Andrejew fulfilled the 20th century's notion of the romantic, individualistic artist. The unusual titillated his imagination."


Died March 13, 1967 in Loudun, department of Vienne. France
Born January 21, 1887 in Chawli, Russia
Son of Basile Andrejew and Katerine Kramarenko
Widower of Fraida Holostrow
Husband of Christiane Jeanne Aubourg.
(Russian: Андрей Андреев) André - Andrei - Andrew = Andrejew

was one of the most important art directors of the international cinema of the twentieth century. He had a distinctive, innovative style. His décors were both expressive and realistic. French writer Lucie Derain described Andrejew at the peak of his career as "an artist of the grand style, blessed with a vision of lyrical quality." Edith C. Lee wrote recently: "Believing in creative freedom rather than academic reconstruction, André Andrejew fulfilled the 20th century's notion of the romantic, individualistic artist. The unusual titillated his imagination."


Died March 13, 1967 in Loudun, department of Vienne. France
Born January 21, 1887 in Chawli, Russia
Son of Basile Andrejew and Katerine Kramarenko
Widower of Fraida Holostrow
Husband of Christiane Jeanne Aubourg.

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