Verdet André

Biography

André Verdet (1913-2004) was a polymath to his core, he was a sculptor, a jazz musician, a poet, a painter, and a ceramist. Encouraged by the likes of Jean Giono and Jacques Prévet, literature was his first love, beginning with poetry and later transitioning into essays on art. This transition was inspired by Pablo Picasso who he met in 1951 after many years in captivity at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. At this time Picasso was sculpting and showcasing at the Madoura, during which Verdet would have first met the gallery's patron Suzanne Ramie.

It is undeniable that Verdet's abstract, cut out forms were inspired by the likes of Matisse, Picasso, and Léger who were creating synochronously in the South of France.