Flemish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1630-1675 Related Paintings of Cornelius Gijsbrechts :. | The Sisters of the Artist | Crockery Vendor | Mary Jane Smith | Dance at the Moulin Rouge (nn03) | Das Eisenwalzwerk,Ausschnitt:Einschieben des Blockes in das Walzwerk | Related Artists: TENIERS, David the Elder Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1610-1690 niklas lafrensen 1737--1807 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.