death_date death_place birth_place training nationality field birth_date article_title name bgcolour
5 january 1960 paris , france lépaud , france : sv : allan Österlind per ekström french painting 19 june 1887 anders osterlind
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anders osterlind

anders osterlind , a french painter , was born in lépaud -lrb- creuse -rrb- on june 12 , 1887 .
he died in paris on january 5 , 1960 .
he was the son of the painter allan Österlind and the father of watercolorist nanic osterlind .
during his youth , osterlind was close to the impressionist movement , through armand guillaume and the aging auguste renoir , whom he assisted .
he was close to the fauvism artists at their peak .
he also developed mutual friendship and esteem with a number of prominent painters of the school of paris , such as amedeo modigliani , michel kikoine , chaim soutine , othon friesz , jacques villon , andré dunoyer de segonzac .
however , osterlind showed a fierce sense of independence , an extreme sensitivity to nature , and a dedication to pictural mastery .
he pursued , over fifty years , and in a total indifference to trends , a landscape artist 's work , original and filled with strong poetic intensity .
