André Dunoyer De Ségonzac La Force De La Nature, L'amour De La Vie

In the 1960s, André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884-1974) was undoubtedly one of the best known and most admired French painters of the twentieth century. Sixty years later, his name is almost forgotten, remembered only by a generation of lovers of engravings and illustrated books. His work is thus discredited, his paintings are relegated to the reserves of museums and his value continues to erode.

Yet, known since 1914, and famous in the years 1920-25, Dunoyer de Segonzac remains a key figure in French painting. Associated with Derain and Matisse, with whom he formed the trio of masters of contemporary French painting, a figure "contrary" to Picasso, as Claude Roger-Marx liked to define him, he was the perfect contemporary and friend.

This book follows the thread of Dunoyer de Segonzac's life step by step. By re-establishing the links between his work and his life, and by rediscovering the different facets of his art, it puts this outstanding painter in the place he deserves.