Andre Hambourg was one of France’s most honored artists and commonly known as the grand gentleman of French Post-Impressionism. One of his many achievements is the Cross of the Legion of Honor, presented in 1951 by Vincent Auriol, President of the Republic of France. Ten years later, he was elevated to Officer of the Legion of Honor by Andre Malraux and that same year, received the Grande Medaille de Vermeil of the City of Paris.

Hambourg’s paintings are on display in over fifty museums worldwide and collectors in many parts of the world have acquired his luminous marine and beach scenes of the Normandy Coast, his equestrian subjects, his poetic subjects of Venice, his landscapes and still-lifes that date from many periods of his long and active career. Hambourg’s talent radiates from his jewel-like subjects of the spirited sailing regattas and beach scenes particularly from the Honfleur, Trouville and Deauville areas in France. Groups riding horseback, animated seagulls and bathers strolling along the beach or sunning themselves beside their multicolored cabanas usually highlighted his paintings.

Museum Representation

Muse`e de La France

Muse`e National d’Art Moderne

Muse`e de la Ville de Paris

Muse`e d’Antibes

Muse`e de la Marine, Paris

Muse`e de Cagnes-Sur-Mer