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Alexandre Cabanel

January 01, 1970

Alexandre Cabanel (French: [kabanɛl]; 28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style.[1] He was also well known as a portrait painter. According to Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat, Cabanel is the best representative of L'art pompier, and was Napoleon III's preferred painter.[2]

Alexandre Cabanel
Born(1823-09-28)28 September 1823
Montpellier, France
Died23 January 1889(1889-01-23) (aged 65)
Paris, France
EducationFrançois-Édouard Picot
Known forPainting
Notable workBirth of Venus
MovementAcademicism
AwardsPrix de Rome
Signature

Biography edit

Cabanel was the son of a modest carpenter, and he began his apprenticeship at the Montpellier School of Fine Arts in the class of Charles Matet, curator of the Musée Fabre. Equipped with a scholarship, he moved to Paris in 1839.

Cabanel entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of seventeen, in 1840, where he studied with François-Édouard Picot.

After two failures, with the paintings Cincinnatus receiving the ambassadors of Rome, in 1843, and Christ in the Garden of Olives, in 1844, he won the Prix de Rome scholarship, in 1845 at the age of 22.[3] He would be a resident of the villa Medici until 1850.

Cabanel was both a history painter and a genre painter, and he evolved over the years towards romantic themes, like Albaydé (1848), inspired by Les Orientales, by Victor Hugo (1829).

He received the insignia of knight of the Legion of Honor, in 1855.

He gained more recognition with The Birth of Venus, exhibited at the Salon of 1863, and which was immediately purchased by Napoleon III for his personal collection. The acclaimed painting entered the Luxembourg Museum, in 1881, and is now held at the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris. He signed a contract with the Goupil house for the marketing of engraved reproductions of this painting. There is a smaller replica, painted in 1875 for a banker, John Wolf, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City. It was offered to the museum by Wolf in 1893. The classical composition embodies ideals of Academic art: a mythological subject, graceful modeling, silky brushwork, and perfected forms. This style was perennially popular with collectors, even as when it was challenged by artists seeking a more realistic approach, such as Gustave Courbet. He was also criticized by writers and critics like Émile Zola and Joris-Karl Huysmans, who were more open to the modern artistic tendencies.

Cabanel was elected a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in the 10th chair, in 1863. He was appointed professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1864, where he taught until his death.[4] He was in the same year promoted to the rank of officer of the Legion of Honor.

Between 1868 and 1888, he was a member of the Salon jury seventeen times: "He was elected regularly to the Salon jury and his pupils could be counted by the hundred at the Salons. Through them, Cabanel did more than any other artist of his generation to form the character of the belle époque French painting".[5] His refusal together with William-Adolphe Bouguereau to allow the impressionist painter Édouard Manet, and other painters, to exhibit their work in the Salon of 1863 led to the establishment of the Salon des Refusés by the French government. Cabanel won the Great Medal of Honour at the Salons of 1865, 1867, and 1878.

However, he intervened in 1881 during the presentation of Pertuiset, Le chasseur de lions, by Manet, and defended it by saying: "Gentlemen, there is not one among us who is capable of doing a head like that in the open air!"

At the Universal Exhibition of 1867, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the First Class of the Order of Merit of Saint Michael of Bavaria, following his Paradise Lost, commissioned for the Maximilianeum, in Munich, by Ludwig II of Bavaria.

He was promoted to the rank of Commander of the Legion of Honor in 1884, and was elected associate of the Royal Academy of Belgium on 6 January 1887.

He died on 24 January 1889, in his hotel at 14 rue Alfred de Vigny, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. His funeral took place in Paris, on 26 January 1889, in the Saint-Philippe du Roule church, then his body was transported to Montpellier, where it was buried in the Saint-Lazare on 28 January 1889. A monument was erected to him in 1892 by the architect Jean Camille Formigé, decorated with a marble bust by Paul Dubois and a sculpture, Regret, by Antonin Mercié.

Pupils edit

 
Portrait of Victor Massé (1847).
 
Alexandre Cabanel, c. 1865. Photograph by Charles Reutlinger (?).
 
Cabanel's workshop at the School of Fine Arts., 1883, painting by Tancrède Bastet, Museum of Grenoble.

His pupils included:

Selected works edit

 
The Birth of Venus (1863)

Gallery edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kidd, Rebecca (2019). Alexandre Cabanel's St. Monica in a Landscape: A Departure from Iconographic Traditions (Thesis).
  2. ^ Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat, 1982, Barcelona
  3. ^ Facos, Michelle (2011). An Introduction to Nineteenth Century Art. New York: Routledge. p. 282.
  4. ^ van Hook, Bailey (1996). Angels of Art: Women and Art in American Society, 1876-1914. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 28.
  5. ^ Dictionary of Art (1996) vol. 5, pp. 341–344
  6. ^ Mary Leiter (1887), Derbyshire, England, Kedleston Hall; National Trust for Places of Historic Interest, U. K."?".[permanent dead link]

External links edit

 
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linksBiography editCabanel was the son of a modest carpenter and he began his apprenticeship at the Montpellier School of Fine Arts in the class of Charles Matet curator of the Musee Fabre Equipped with a scholarship he moved to Paris in 1839 Cabanel entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris at the age of seventeen in 1840 where he studied with Francois Edouard Picot After two failures with the paintings Cincinnatus receiving the ambassadors of Rome in 1843 and Christ in the Garden of Olives in 1844 he won the Prix de Rome scholarship in 1845 at the age of 22 3 He would be a resident of the villa Medici until 1850 Cabanel was both a history painter and a genre painter and he evolved over the years towards romantic themes like Albayde 1848 inspired by Les Orientales by Victor Hugo 1829 He received the insignia of knight of the Legion of Honor in 1855 He gained more recognition with The Birth of Venus exhibited at the Salon of 1863 and which was immediately purchased by Napoleon III for his personal collection The acclaimed painting entered the Luxembourg Museum in 1881 and is now held at the Musee d Orsay in Paris He signed a contract with the Goupil house for the marketing of engraved reproductions of this painting There is a smaller replica painted in 1875 for a banker John Wolf now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City It was offered to the museum by Wolf in 1893 The classical composition embodies ideals of Academic art a mythological subject graceful modeling silky brushwork and perfected forms This style was perennially popular with collectors even as when it was challenged by artists seeking a more realistic approach such as Gustave Courbet He was also criticized by writers and critics like Emile Zola and Joris Karl Huysmans who were more open to the modern artistic tendencies Cabanel was elected a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in the 10th chair in 1863 He was appointed professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1864 where he taught until his death 4 He was in the same year promoted to the rank of officer of the Legion of Honor Between 1868 and 1888 he was a member of the Salon jury seventeen times He was elected regularly to the Salon jury and his pupils could be counted by the hundred at the Salons Through them Cabanel did more than any other artist of his generation to form the character of the belle epoque French painting 5 His refusal together with William Adolphe Bouguereau to allow the impressionist painter Edouard Manet and other painters to exhibit their work in the Salon of 1863 led to the establishment of the Salon des Refuses by the French government Cabanel won the Great Medal of Honour at the Salons of 1865 1867 and 1878 However he intervened in 1881 during the presentation of Pertuiset Le chasseur de lions by Manet and defended it by saying Gentlemen there is not one among us who is capable of doing a head like that in the open air At the Universal Exhibition of 1867 he was awarded the Knight s Cross of the First Class of the Order of Merit of Saint Michael of Bavaria following his Paradise Lost commissioned for the Maximilianeum in Munich by Ludwig II of Bavaria He was promoted to the rank of Commander of the Legion of Honor in 1884 and was elected associate of the Royal Academy of Belgium on 6 January 1887 He died on 24 January 1889 in his hotel at 14 rue Alfred de Vigny in the 8th arrondissement of Paris His funeral took place in Paris on 26 January 1889 in the Saint Philippe du Roule church then his body was transported to Montpellier where it was buried in the Saint Lazare on 28 January 1889 A monument was erected to him in 1892 by the architect Jean Camille Formige decorated with a marble bust by Paul Dubois and a sculpture Regret by Antonin Mercie Pupils edit nbsp Portrait of Victor Masse 1847 nbsp Alexandre Cabanel c 1865 Photograph by Charles Reutlinger nbsp Cabanel s workshop at the School of Fine Arts 1883 painting by Tancrede Bastet Museum of Grenoble His pupils included Rodolfo Amoedo Joseph Aubert Henry Bacon George Randolph Barse Alexandre Jean Baptiste Brun Jean Eugene Buland Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant Vlaho Bukovac Gaston Bussiere Louis Capdevielle Eugene Carriere Eugene Chigot Jacqueline Comerre Paton Fernand Cormon Pierre Auguste Cot Kenyon Cox Edouard Debat Ponsan Gabriel Charles Deneux fr Louis Deschamps painter Emile Friant Francois Guiguet Jules Bastien Lepage Francois Flameng Charles Fouqueray Frank Fowler Henri Gervex Charles Lucien Leandre Max Leenhardt Henri Le Sidaner Aristide Maillol Edouard Antoine Marsal fr Joao Marques de Oliveira Jan Monchablon Georges Moreau de Tours Henri Georges Morisset fr Henri Pinta Henri Regnault Iakovos Rizos Louis Royer Jean Jacques Scherrer Antonio Silva Porto Edward Stott Joseph Noel Sylvestre Solomon Joseph Solomon Paul Tavernier Jose Ferraz de Almeida Junior Etienne Terrus Adolphe WilletteSelected works edit nbsp The Birth of Venus 1863 The Fallen Angel L ange dechu 1847 Musee Fabre Montpellier Aglae and Boniface Aglae et Boniface 1857 The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Ohio USA The Birth of Venus La naissance de Venus 1863 Musee d Orsay Paris Napoleon III 1865 Musee national du chateau de Compiegne Ecouen France The Death of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta La mort de Francesca de Rimini et de Paolo Malatesta 1870 Musee d Orsay Paris Portrait de la comtesse de Keller 1873 Musee d Orsay Paris Thamar 1875 Phedre 1880 Musee Fabre Montpellier Ruth glanant dans les champs de Booz 1886 Musee Garinet Chalons en Champagne Portrait de Mary Victoria Leiter 1887 Kedleston Hall England 6 Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners Cleopatre essayant des poisons sur des condamnes a mort 1887 Royal Museum of Fine Arts AntwerpGallery edit nbsp The Fallen Angel detail nbsp The Fallen Angel 1847 nbsp Albayde 1848 nbsp The Death of Moses 1850 nbsp Nymph and Satyr 1860 nbsp Napoleon III c 1865 nbsp The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Paradise 1867 nbsp The death of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta 1870 nbsp Portrait of Cornelia Lyman Warren 1871 nbsp Portrait of Countess Elizabeth Vorontsova Dashkova 1873 nbsp Pandora 1873 The Walters Art Museum nbsp Echo 1874 nbsp Thamar 1875 nbsp Harmonie 1877 nbsp The daughter of Jephthah 1879 nbsp Phaedra 1880 nbsp Ophelia 1883 nbsp Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners 1887 nbsp The Mocking of Christ 1845 nbsp The Glorification of St Louis 1853 1855 nbsp Le Titan 1884 References edit Kidd Rebecca 2019 Alexandre Cabanel s St Monica in a Landscape A Departure from Iconographic Traditions Thesis Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat 1982 Barcelona Facos Michelle 2011 An Introduction to Nineteenth Century Art New York Routledge p 282 van Hook Bailey 1996 Angels of Art Women and Art in American Society 1876 1914 University Park PA Pennsylvania State University Press p 28 Dictionary of Art 1996 vol 5 pp 341 344 Mary Leiter 1887 Derbyshire England Kedleston Hall National Trust for Places of Historic Interest U K permanent dead link External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexandre Cabanel category Alexandre Cabanel at Artcyclopedia Paintings of Alexandre Cabanel on Insecula Alexandre Cabanel at the Art Renewal Center Alexandre Cabanel at The Art in Pixels Alexandre Cabanel at alexandrecabanel com MET Museum collection Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alexandre Cabanel amp oldid 1209491493, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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