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June 10: André Derain, Saul Bellow





Saul Bellow was born on this day in 1915. Read his Art of Fiction interview here:

Saul Bellow, The Art of Fiction No. 37
The interview “took place” over a period of several weeks. Beginning with some exploratory discussions during May of 1965, it was shelved during the summer, and actually accomplished…
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Saul Bellow was a Canadian-American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. Wikipedia
Born: June 10, 1915, Lachine, Canada
Died: April 5, 2005, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Spouse: Janis Freedman (m. 1989–2005),more
Movies: Seize the Day
Quotes
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.




Born on this day in 1880, André Derain was a major proponent of fauvism, which was the first of the avant-garde movements that flourished in France in the early years of the twentieth century.



André Derain (French, 1880–1954) | Fishing Boats, Collioure | 1905
In the summer of 1905 André Derain, then twenty-five, left Paris for a two-month sojourn with his friend Henri Matisse. They settled in the small fishing…
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André Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. Wikipedia
Born: June 10, 1880, Chatou, France
Died: September 8, 1954, Garches, France
On view: Museum of Modern Art, The Phillips Collection, more
Periods: Neoclassicism, Fauvism, Expressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Modern art
Nationality: French
Education: Académie Julian
Parents: Louis Charlemagne Derain
Artworks
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Charing Cross Bridge
1906

Portrait of Matisse
1905

Fishing Boats, Collioure
1905





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