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André showing his
niece Andrea her Portrait
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André Balyon was born on April 2, 1951, in The
Hague, Netherlands, as the oldest of seven children. He has two children of his own, Rogér and Michelle. André began painting
at the age of fifteen under
the tutelage of various masters in his native
Holland. All
four of his brothers have
become artists and graphic designers as well.
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André’s fascination with the sky and cloud
formations
explains the dominant role the sky plays in many
of his
paintings. For that reason, in 1994 André was
asked by the Walt Disney Company to assist and
instruct a large number
of Disney’s background artists on oil painting
techniques used for the sky part of the animated
motion picture The Lion King. |
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At the age of 21, André started a new life in
the United States. After a successful and
productive three-year period in Miami, Florida,
he moved to
Los Angeles, California where he worked for six
years. Following a number of exhibitions of his
oil paintings throughout the Los Angeles area,
Denver, Houston, and Carmel, André temporarily
returned to the Netherlands for several one-man
shows in Europe and Japan as well as to study the
techniques of etching.
André feels very much inspired by artists such
as George Inness and John Singer Sargent. “I
feel that we, the living artists, are very
fortunate to learn from, and be inspired by the
many artists, styles, and art movements of the
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In 1992, André opened his own gallery in Carmel
California, where a Diorama was
exhibited. This
9 x 30 ft. (half-round) oil painting of
“Stewart’s Cove,” a local bay, was an attraction
for many visitors to his gallery and Carmel. |
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In 1996, Andre completed a panoramic oil
painting,
“Panorama Big Sur”. A 360-degree, 17ft. x 135ft.
rendition of the coastline of Big Sur,
California.
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Visit André
Balyon's
website:
www.andrebalyon.com |
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