Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1632-1675 Related Paintings of VERMEER VAN DELFT, Jan :. | A Woman Asleep at Table (detail) aer | Saint Praxidis ar | Girl Interrupted at Her Music (detail) w | The Art of Painting er | A Lady and Two Gentlemen t | Related Artists: Adolph Tiedeman 1814-1876 Beraud, Jean French, 1848-1935 andre bauchant Andre Bauchant (April 24 1873 -- August 12 1958) was a French 'naive' painter whose compositions were often informed by mythology and Classical History. He originally worked as a market gardener, after his father, before serving in World War I. He later trained as a mapmaker before deciding on a career as an artist.
Bauchant was born in Chateau-Renault, Indre-et-Loire. His first exhibit was in 1920 at the Salon d'Automne. In 1927 he was commissioned by Diaghilev to design sets for Stravinsky's Apollon Musagete.