Andre Perrachon was born at Lyon in 1827. He studied at the Lyon Academy of Fine Art under the tutelage of the renowned rose specialist Chabal-Dussurgey. From 1847 he studied in Paris under the painter Lepage.// Perrachon received honourable mentions in both the 1859 and 1863 Paris Salons. He exhibited regularly in both Paris and Lyon, and is best known for his floral still lifes, several of which are in musums throughout Europe.
In 1853, Perrachon returned to Lyon and taught at the Academy of Fine Art as well as establishing himself as a highly successful and popular painter of roses.
Paintings exhibited at the Lyon Salon:
1847 Guirlande de fleurs
1852 La parlure
1853 Nid dans les bruyerres
1854 Trophee de la danse
1855 Nid dans les roses
1856 Richesse et Simplicite
1857 Fleurs
1857 Interieur de cuisine
1858 Vase de fleurs, Groupe de girflees
1859 Groupe de giroflees
1860 Roses tremieres, Primeveres, Fleurs d’hiver, Roses mousseuses, Groups de mauves, Vase de bruyeres et camellias, Bruyere, Primvere, Vase bleu, Bijoux
1861 Vase de lilas, Glaieuls, Mauves, Group de fleurs d’hiver, Roses dans un vase d’or
1862 Fleurs fruits
1865 Roses, Tounesols
1867 Vase de fleurs
1868 Buisson des rose
