French writer, goguettier, art critic, and illustrator (1885–1960)
André Warnod
Born
24 April 1885
Died
10 October 1960
Nationality
French
André Warnod (1885–1960) was a French writer, goguettier, art critic, and illustrator, who witnessed the artistic scenes of Montmartre and Montparnasse during the 1910s-1930s.
Biography
André Warnod was born in Giromagny on April 24, 1885, the son of Édouard Warnod (1856-1893), a Protestant industrialist in Giromagny, and Alice Herr (1862-1953). His grandfather, Édouard Warnod (1828-1890), married to Laure Boigeol (1830-1916), and was also an industrialist and served as the president of the general council of Belfort. André had two brothers: Robert, who died for France in 1916, and Pierre, married to Lucie Mouttet, daughter of Louis Mouttet. He married Andrée Cahen-Berr in Paris-9° on August 25, 1915.[1]
André Warnod was the first to coin the term "École de Paris" (School of Paris) in an article for Comœdia, published on January 27, 1925. He reiterated this term in October of the same year in the introduction to his book "Les berceaux de la jeune peinture" (The Cradles of Young Painting).
He was a member, alongside other well-known or lesser-known personalities, of the goguette du Cornet.
During World War I, he served in the Russian Ambulances, led by Colonel Dimitri d'Osnobichine.,[2]
He was a member of the Mortigny circle, founded by Dimitri d'Osnobichine, in 1908 [3] which brought together numerous artists and regulars of Parisian life: Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Pierre Brissaud, Georges Villa, Guy Arnoux, Joë Hamman, Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola, Joseph Pinchon, Paul Poiret, Pierre Troisgros, Jean Routier, Henri Callot, Pierre Falize, Pierre Prunier, a circle that operated until the 1950s.[4]
^Collectif, sous la direction de Cécile Pichon-Bonin et Alexandre Sumpf (2017). Alexandre Zinoviev. Alternatives - Historial de la Grande Guerre (in French). Editions Gallimard. p. 43. ISBN978-2-07-272168-7. Retrieved 27 May 2017..