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- Died
- Andrej Andrejew was born on January 21, 1887 in Chairli, Russia. He was an art director and production designer, known for Le Corbeau (1943), Pandora's Box (1929) and Don Quixote (1933). He died on March 13, 1967 in Loudun, France.
- Andrejew's production drawings are today in the collections in France and Great Britain, they also appear on art auctions and offering by the commercial galleries in France. Cinémathèque Française in Paris presented several of Andrejew's gouaches during the exhibition 'Le cinéma expressionniste allemand - Splendeurs d'une collection (French Expressionist Cinema - Splendors of the Collection) ' - held in winter of 2007. They were collected by Lotte H. Eisner, German film historian living in France, who documented for the Cinémathèque works of the most important Filmarchitekte of the German expressionist cinema.
- French writer Lucie Derain described Andrejew at the peak of his career as "an artist of the grand style, blessed with a vision of lyrical quality.".
- He had a distinctive, innovative style. His décors were both expressive and realistic.
- After the second war he remained in England for the time being.
- After the studies, André Andrejew worked as a scene designer at the Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre.
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