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André Bauchant

André Bauchant

French, 1873–1958
WA-00026118
Château-Renault, Indre-et-Loire
PaintingNaive ArtOutsider Art
Representation
None documented
11
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
10
Assets Indexed
7
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Naive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1972
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
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Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949–1950
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Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1946–1954
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The Museum Collection of Painting
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1946
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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1945–1946
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Children's Festival of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1942
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Modern Primitives: Artists of the People
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941–1944
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Painting, Sculpture, Prints
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1939
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Masters of Popular Painting: Modern Primitives of Europe and America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
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Fruit and Flower Paintings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1933

Field Verification (6 fields)

6 cross-verified · 0 single-source
  • Birth yearMoMA + Duplicate Merge· 93%✓
  • LocationMoMA· 93%✓
  • NationalityMoMA· 93%✓
  • BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
  • Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
  • Primary mediumDuplicate Merge· 85%✓

Source Registry (1)

About

Why this artist matters now

André Bauchant was a French painter known for his distinctive naive or primitivist style, which emerged in the early 20th century. Working largely outside academic tradition, he developed a highly personal visual language characterized by flattened perspective, jewel-like color, and a poetic approach to landscape and botanical subjects. His work exemplified the early modernist appreciation for art brut and non-academic vision. Bauchant's practice spanned painting and decorative arts, establishing him as a significant figure in the development of outsider and naive art movements in France.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
Naive Art
Medium
Painting
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Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (5)

Artwork sources (3)

5 published of 7 catalogued · 6 with image
  • MoMA
    2 publishedof 4 catalogued4 img
  • Tate
    2 published2 img
  • The Met
    1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources
  • The Funeral Procession of Alexander the Great
    1940 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Greek Dance in a Landscape
    1937 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images

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Chez Mondrian (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Chez Mondrian (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5
Movements2
Naive ArtOutsider Art
Collections3
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtTate
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Tate
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Exhibitions and timeline

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Group ExhibitionNaive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection
New York · 1972
Group ExhibitionXXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
New York · 1954
Group ExhibitionRecent Acquisitions
New York · 1949
Group ExhibitionPaintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
New York · 1946
Group ExhibitionThe Museum Collection of Painting
New York · 1946
Group ExhibitionThe Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
New York · 1945