André Warnod

André Warnod (1885–1960) was a French writer, goguettier, art critic, and illustrator, who witnessed the artistic scenes of Montmartre and Montparnasse during the 1910s-1930s.

His grandfather, Édouard Warnod (1828-1890), married to Laure Boigeol (1830-1916), and was also an industrialist and served as the president of the general council of Belfort.

He reiterated this term in October of the same year in the introduction to his book "Les berceaux de la jeune peinture" (The Cradles of Young Painting).

He was a member, alongside other well-known or lesser-known personalities, of the goguette du Cornet.

During World War I, he served in the Russian Ambulances, led by Colonel Dimitri d'Osnobichine.,[2] He was a member of the Mortigny circle, founded by Dimitri d'Osnobichine, in 1908 [3] which brought together numerous artists and regulars of Parisian life: Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Pierre Brissaud, Georges Villa, Guy Arnoux, Joë Hamman, Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola, Joseph Pinchon, Paul Poiret, Pierre Troisgros, Jean Routier, Henri Callot, Pierre Falize, Pierre Prunier, a circle that operated until the 1950s.

Les berceaux de la jeune peinture by André Warnod (1925), illustrated by Modigliani .