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François-Émile André (August 22, 1871 – March 10, 1933) was a French

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, artist, and furniture designer. He was the son of the architect of Charles André and the father of two other architects,

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and Michel André.

Life and career

André was born in Nancy, France. He studied architecture at the

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.Edmond Delaire, ''Les Architectes Élèves à l'École des Beaux-Arts 1793-1907'' (Paris: Librarie de Construction Moderne, 1907). From 1894 to 1900, he traveled to

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, and Ceylon, during which time he produced numerous notebooks that included drawings, watercolors, and photographs. He had already worked in the studio of his father, Charles, André, then with

Eugène Vallin Eugène Vallin (1856 – 21 July 1922) was a French furniture designer and manufacturer, as well as an architect. Life and career Vallin was born at Herbéviller, and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy. He was apprenticed in the stu ...

, with whom he developed the principles of Art Nouveau. He was slated to become a professor of applied arts and architecture with the

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, and is considered to be one of the group's principal architects. He built more than a dozen Art Nouveau buildings in Nancy between 1901 and 1912.

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Musée de l'École de Nancy
1871 births 1933 deaths People from Nancy, France École des Beaux-Arts alumni Art Nouveau architects Art Nouveau designers 20th-century French architects French draughtsmen French furniture designers Members of the École de Nancy {{france-architect-stub