Edouard Darviot
Édouard Darviot (born April 19, 1859 in Beaune , † August 21, 1921 in Bussy-le-Grand ) was a French portrait painter.
Darviot studied painting at the Académie Julian in Paris with Tony Robert-Fleury , Hector Hanoteau and William Bouguereau .
He was friends with the painter Félix-Jules Naigeon, who invited him to Algeria in 1883, where Darviot created a series of orientalist pictures.
Darviot continued his studies from February 1, 1887 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Ludwig von Löfftz .
He settled in Dijon and worked as a portrait painter. On January 24, 1898, he married Louise Chevignard, who gave birth to two daughters, Cécile (* 1899) and Henriette (* 1901).
Among other things, he painted the portrait of Pope Pius X and was therefore released from the excommunication pronounced against him for a duel .
literature
- Darviot, Édouard . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 8 : Coutan-Delattre . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 411 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- J. Martin: Nos peintres et sculpteurs, Vol. II. 1898, p. 55
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Darviot, Édouard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beaune |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1921 |
| Place of death | Bussy-le-Grand |