Albert Andre is known especially for his charming flower pieces. These
show the artist as a master of technique, gifted with a peculiar
sensitiveness to value relations and an unusual color sense. He is
particularly happy in securing an agreeable texture. He is a realist in
intention, but combines truth of representation with beauty of design. In
the Geranium, the emphasis is rather more upon decoration of the
rectangular surface of the canvas than upon the representation of
tri-dimensional form. The clear note of the salmon pink blossoms against
the accompaniment of the carefully distinguished grays and the Venetian
red in leaves, wall, and draperies is finely felt. Andre holds a
distinguished position among painters of the contemporary French school.
[The Conversion. Gabriel Max, 1840-]