André Minaux (1923–1986) was a French painter, draughtsman, printmaker and illustrator associated with the post-war École de Paris and the Jeune Peinture movement. Born in Paris, he studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs under Maurice Brianchon, and began exhibiting in the mid-1940s at major Paris salons, including the Salon d’Automne and Salon des Indépendants.

Minaux emerged as a leading figure in the revival of figurative painting in post-war France, notably participating in the Homme Témoin group. His early work is characterised by a restrained palette, strong draughtsmanship, and simplified, sculptural forms depicting figures, interiors, and everyday life.

During the 1950s and 1960s, his style evolved from a sober, expressive realism toward a more stylised and increasingly abstracted figuration, often focusing on female figures in interior settings. Alongside painting, he was a prolific printmaker, producing lithographs and book illustrations for major literary figures including Baudelaire and Colette.

Minaux exhibited widely in France and internationally, including at the Venice Biennale, and his work entered major public collections such as the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris and the Tate.

He died in 1986, leaving a body of work distinguished by its balance of structural clarity, emotional restraint, and a distinctly modern approach to figuration.