André Suréda

André Suréda studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by André Suréda is recorded in the collections of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau, Musée d'Orsay, National Museum of Western Art, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Narbonne and Musée Rolin.

He came from a noble Spanish family. His great-grandfather, Don Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol, had his portrait painted by Francisco de Goya in 1805. He studied at the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris; then at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, where his primary instructor was Tony Robert-Fleury. He was awarded a scholarship there in 1904. After 1910, he painted Orientalist scenes, exclusively. From 1902 to 1925, he was a regular exhibitor at the Salon of the Société nationale des beaux-arts. He also participated in the colonial expositions of 1906 and 1922. He was a frequent traveler to North Africa, where he made the acquaintance of the sculptor, Georges Hilbert. In 1927, he presented several works at the Machine-Age Exposition in New York. Two years later, he provided illustrations for Au soleil, a travel book by Guy de Maupassant. He also illustrated two works by Jean and Jérôme Tharaud; Marrakech ou les seigneurs de l’Atlas (1924), with engravings by François-Louis Schmied, and L'An prochain à Jérusalem (1929), engraved by Georges Beltrand. His works may be seen at the Musée Lambinet, the Musée Rolin in Autun, and the Ahmed Zabana National Museum in Oran. • Illustration — Young woman admiring her child • Illustration — The Quranic School • Illustration — Women at the Fountain

André Suréda is recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Classed in the genre portrait. Recorded as painter, printmaker, illustrator and graphic artist.