biography of Françoise ANDRÉ (1926)

Birth place: Les Sables d'Olonne, France

Addresses: Gladwyne, PA

Profession: Painter

Studied: Acad. Royale Beaux-Arts, Brussels; Inst. Nat. Superieur Beaux-Arts, Antwerp; Int. Nat. Superieur Arts Decora Tifs, Gromaire.

Exhibited: Quadriennal de Liege, Belg. 1948; Western Art Circuit, 1952 & 1953; Vancouver Art Gallery Centennial Exhib., 1959; Artists Ann., AIC, 1963; Chicago Centennial Exhib., 1963; Harold Patton, Detroit, MI, 1970s. Awards: Prix Koenigsberg, Miss Koenigsberg, Brussels, 1947; Prix Georgette Baes, Baes Found., Brussels, 1948; first prize with highest distinction, Acad. Royale, Brussels, 1948.

Work: Vancouver Art Gallery, BC; Univ Western Ont.; Sir George Williams Univ.; Princeton Univ.; Queens Univ. Commissions: Mural, Redemptorist Sem, Edmonton, 1961.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, acrylics.