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André Villers
French photographer
André Villers | |
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André Villers photographed by Oliver Mark, Mougins 2000 | |
| Born | (1930-10-10)10 October 1930 Beaucourt, France |
| Died | 1 April 2016(2016-04-01) (aged 85) Le Luc, France |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, artist |
André Villers (French:[ɑ̃dʁevilɛʁ]; 10 October 1930 – 1 April 2016) was a French photographer and artist[1] "best known for his pictures of Pablo Picasso in the south of France in the 1950s."[2]
Life and work
Villers was born in Beaucourt.
In 1947, following a bone tuberculosis, he was hospitalized at a sanatorium in Vallauris where he stayed for eight years. During that period he was introduced to photography and started making in 1952 his first experiments in the darkroom, and pictures of Vallauris and its inhabitants.
He met Pablo Picasso there in March 1953, who offered him his first camera, a Rolleiflex. Villers produced many portraits of the painter, and their re