Le Fleuve Breton

Artist: Andre Bourrie

"André Bourrié was born in Montpellier, France in 1936. His
parents died when he was only eight years old. He first lived
with an uncle, and then was sent to a small orphanage in Paris, where
he had more opportunities to draw. There he earned a degree as a
ceramist. This trade allowed him to express more of his creative
talents, to have conversations about color and art, to confront new
ideas and styles, and left enough time to concentrate on his
paintings. He was promoted director of an atelier and then asked
to teach a course.

Throughout this time, his desire to fully dedicate his life to painting was very strong. Following the success of his first solo exhibition of paintings in 1966 at the age of 30, he was able to leave his vocation as a molder and retired in 1979 to become a full time artist.

Bourrié is best known for his impressionist
seascapes and landscapes of France. His work can be found in
private and public collections in the United States, Europe and
Japan. He is a member of the Salons d'Automne and Salons des
Artistes Français as well as the Official Painter of the French Navy.

In 1996 Bourrié was named an Official Artist of the 1996
Centennial Olympic Games and commissioned to paint a work of Savannah,
Georgia. His painting Passage à Savannah became the Official Poster of the Games.
"