Andre des Fontaines, French, 1869-1910
Born in Martinique, des Fontaines studied and worked as a landscape pastellist in Paris. He was successively a student of Jules Lefebvre, Tony Robert-Fleury and Desire Lucas. A member of the Societaire des Artistes Francais from 1908 0nwards. A frequent exhibitor at the Paris Salons, he obtained an honorable mention in 1909.
