André Suréda
1872–1930 · French painter, designer and illustrator of Orientalist scenes
André Suréda (Versailles, 1872-1930) was a French painter, designer, engraver and illustrator. He came from a family of Spanish nobility; his great-grandfather, Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol, was portrayed by Francisco de Goya in 1805. He studied at the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris and then at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, where his main teacher was Tony Robert-Fleury. He won a scholarship there in 1904.
From 1902 to 1925 he regularly exhibited at the Salon of the Société nationale des beaux-arts, and he took part in the colonial exhibitions of 1906 and 1922. He travelled often to North Africa, where he met the sculptor Georges Hilbert. After 1910 he painted Orientalist scenes almost exclusively. In 1927 he showed several works at the Machine-Age Exposition in New York. He also illustrated travel writing and books by Jean and Jérôme Tharaud. His works are held in the Musée Lambinet, the Musée Rolin in Autun and the Ahmed Zabana National Museum in Oran.
Works (1)
Genre scene dated 1900 by André Suréda, painted on cardboard. It shows a young woman gazing admiringly at her baby, an intimate domestic subject. The work is classified under Orientalism, though the available information does not clarify its context or any commission behind it.
Where to see the work
- Musée d'art et d'histoire de Narbonne Narbonne · 1