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Artists›André Fougeron
André Fougeron

André Fougeron

French, 1913
WA-00027133
PaintingRealismSocial Realism
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
18
Works in Collection
31
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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100 Drawings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960–1961
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Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1950
No image
Print Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld and Matisse: Jazz: Gift of the Artist
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948

Field Verification (3 fields)

3 cross-verified · 0 single-source
  • BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
  • Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
  • NationalityMoMA· 93%✓

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About

Why this artist matters now

André Fougeron was a French painter whose social realist works addressed labor, poverty, and industrial life in postwar Europe. Working primarily in oil on canvas, he developed a monumental figural style rooted in communist ideology and working-class experience. His compositions often depicted miners, factory workers, and rural communities with a formal rigor that combined classical drawing with modernist spatial compression. Active from the 1940s through the 1990s, Fougeron's practice remained committed to art as a vehicle for social conscience rather than formal experimentation.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Artworks (18)

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Artwork sources (2)

18 published of 28 catalogued · 12 with image
  • MoMA
    10 publishedof 20 catalogued4 img
  • Tate
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 8)

8 entries · 1 sources
  • Homage to Franco!!!
    1937 · Tate · 1 prov
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  • Martyred Spain
    1937 · Tate · 1 prov
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  • Massacre at Sakiet III
    1958 · Tate · 1 prov
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  • The Tournament
    1937 · Tate · 1 prov
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  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
    1937 · Tate · 1 prov
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  • Atlantic Civilisation
    1953 · Tate · 1 prov
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  • Return from the Market
    1953 · Tate · 1 prov
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  • The Cock Fighters
    1950 · Tate · 1 prov
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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

4
Movements2
RealismSocial Realism
Collections2
Museum of Modern ArtTate
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition100 Drawings from the Museum Collection
New York · 1960
Group ExhibitionRecent Acquisitions
New York · 1950
Group ExhibitionPrint Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld and Matisse: Jazz: Gift of the Artist
New York · 1948