Évariste de Valernes

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Évariste de Valernes by Edgar Degas

Évariste Bernardi de Valernes (born June 24, 1816 in Avignon , † March 5, 1896 in Carpentras ) was a French painter .

life and work

Évariste de Valernes comes from an old Provencal family who owned a small mansion in Monieux , at the entrance to the Nesque gorge . In 1839 he traveled to Paris with his young wife Hélène, the daughter of his concierge . There he was a student of Eugène Delacroix for two years . In the years 1860/1865 he met Edgar Degas , who became a loyal friend to him. Degas made a self-portrait with his friend and a portrait of Évariste de Valernes alone.

However, Valernes was unsuccessful and quickly spent his fortune. He exhibited three times in the Paris Salon :

  • Une sœur de charité , 1855, currently in the Musée Calvet in Avignon.
  • La convalescente , 1868, currently in the Musée Comtadin-Duplessis in Carpentras. This work is not recognized by critics, only Émile Zola published a commendatory comment in L'Evénement illustré .
  • Geneviève , 1870, currently in the Sault City Museum . At this salon, his painting Le Restaurant à 32 sols was not accepted by the jury.

Eventually he retired to Carpentras in an almost wretched state. In 1879 he was appointed professor of drawing.

literature

  • André Alauzen, Laurent Noet: Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur . Ed .: Jeanne Laffitte. Marseille 2006, ISBN 978-2-86276-441-2 , pp. 442 .

Web links

Commons : Evariste de Valernes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La Gazette de l'Inguimbertine . No. 60 , 2012, ISSN  2101-4140 (French, online [PDF; accessed April 25, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Valernes, Évariste de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Valernes, Évariste Bernardi de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Avignon
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1896
Place of death Carpentras