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Bank of Flowers in a Landscape (Massif de fleurs dans un paysage)
1949 · Oil on masonite
21 1/2 x 25 7/8 in.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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André Bauchant
French, 1873
Château-Renault, Indre-et-Loire
PaintingNaive ArtOutsider Art
Representation
None documented
11
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
10
Assets Indexed
7
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0
Publications Referenced
90%
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- • Naive Art
- • Outsider Art
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Naive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1972
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
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Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949–1950
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Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1946–1954
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The Museum Collection of Painting
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1946
About
Why this artist matters now
André Bauchant was a French painter known for his distinctive naive or primitivist style, which emerged in the early 20th century. Working largely outside academic tradition, he developed a highly personal visual language characterized by flattened perspective, jewel-like color, and a poetic approach to landscape and botanical subjects. His work exemplified the early modernist appreciation for art brut and non-academic vision. Bauchant's practice spanned painting and decorative arts, establishing him as a significant figure in the development of outsider and naive art movements in France.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art
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