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1933 Taught advanced life-class students at Edinburgh Collegeof Art for four termsPainted at Calvine in Perthshire, staying with Mr and MrsA.G. Sinclair1934 Painted at Rothiemurchus and became increasingly illExhibition at Aitken Dott & Son, The Scottish Gallery,Edinburgh1935 Died on 11 October and was buried at the Dean Cemetery,EdinburghTranslation: “Thank you sir for your kind letter. The Scottish Exhibitionwas excellent and the works you sent were particularly interesting. I amdelighted with the two pictures the Musee L’ouvre have bought. My bestcompliments, AD.”Andre Dezarrois is a significant figure in the history of French art. Hewas Director of the contemporary art magazine ‘La Revue d’Art’ andlater became Director of Foreign Art at the new Jeu de Paume whenit opened its doors to the public in 1933. In the 1920s and 30s publicfeeling still swayed toward traditional French painting. It was Dezarroisand a number of others who realised the existence of a significant foreignpresence living and working in Paris that was not being recognized bythe French State. Dezarrois heralded a change throughout the 1930s byorganising exhibitions of foreign artists who were living and working inParis. Exhibitions he organised included Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Miro,Klee and Magritte. He was also responsible for buying foreign art for theFrench national collection, and bought two S.J. Peploes from Les PeintresEcossais at Galerie Georges Petit in 1931.52