Andre Gisson Biography

Andre Gisson is the brush name of Anders Gittelson, 1921-2003. He was born in Brooklyn , New York . He lived and painted in Mahopac , New York and later in Westport , Connecticut . Gisson enlisted in the Army Corps of Engineers reconstructing roadways and airfields in the wake of World War II. During that time he traveled extensively in Japan and Paris , never without his box of paints.
He was awarded a scholarship at the prestigious Pratt Institute where he continued to learn and develop and eye and personal style which has now become recognizable around the world.While studying in Europe he came under the influence of the great French impressionists. The style and technique of impressionism, with its small broken brushwork and high key colors, is one Gisson has developed and refined throughout his career. His death is listed as 2003.

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