Colleague and friend of many progressive French artists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, André published books on the work of Renoir, Manet, and Degas, and painted several portraits of Renoir. André’s own work reflects the impact of many of his illustrious contemporaries: the setting of this painting suggests the intimate, focused interior spaces of Edouard Vuillard, and Cézanne’s influence can be seen in the faceting of the glass and the short brushstrokes that describe and model the pears.

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