André Lauran French , 1922-2008

André Lauran (prior to 1964, Laurent) was a mid-twentieth century impressionist and one of the most gifted voices to emerge from the Noists — a circle of painters who trained together at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. Though widely regarded as among the most original and technically assured members of the group, Lauran spent years in relative obscurity after departing Lyon for Paris in 1944, his work largely unknown outside a small community of devoted collectors.

He exhibited consistently across France from 1941 to 1972, participating in galleries and expositions that brought Noist painting to wider audiences. Yet it is only in recent decades that critical consensus has caught up with his singular vision. A renewed wave of scholarly and collector interest has placed his oils among the most sought-after works of his generation — prized for their luminous handling of light, their emotional directness, and their quietly radical departure from academic convention.

Lauran's work is held in the permanent collections of the Musée de Valence and the Musée d'Annecy, and he is documented in both the Benezit Dictionary of Artists and Davenport's Art Reference. T Botero Galleries acquired a significant body of his work in May 2007 and February 2014, and remains one of the primary sources for original Lauran oils in the United States.