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André-Eugène-Louis Chochon, born August 7, 1910 in Rennes and died March 9, 2005, is a French painter renowned for his figurative work. A student of Lucien Simon and Jean Ronsin, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1933 and received a travel grant at the Casa de Velázquez (1946-1947).
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André Chochon was born into a family in Rennes, the son of René Chochon and Marguerite Rey du Boissieu. He began his training at the Beaux-Arts in Rennes (1928-1930) under Jules Ronsin, then continued his studies at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Lucien Simon and Sabatté. In 1938, he won the Second Grand Prix de Rome for a composition on the theme "You will earn your bread by the sweat of your brow."
A figurative painter throughout his career, he went through several phases: a social painting influenced by Soviet realism, a post-war period marked by miserabilist subjects, then a poetic approach with calm colors, scenes of young women, harlequins and clowns.
Chochon exhibits regularly and his works are featured in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Museum of Fine Arts in Rennes), and the ENSBA. He signed his early works with the initial of his first name, before retaining only his surname.
