Aimé Morot
Aimé Nicolas Morot (born June 16, 1850 in Nancy , Meurthe-et-Moselle department , † August 12, 1913 in Dinard , Ille-et-Vilaine department ) was a French painter of academic realism .
Life
Morot got his first artistic lessons in his hometown (Atelier Thierry). He later went to Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts for two weeks . Since he is with his teachers - u. a. Alexandre Cabanel - did not understand, he left school and continued his education largely self-taught .
Many of his sketches from the Jardin des Plantes ( botanical garden ) date from this period . It seems to be a success, as he was awarded the Prix de Rome by the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1873 . Around this time he married a daughter of the painter Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris .
In 1880 Morot made a successful debut at the exhibition of the Salon des Artistes Français . As a result, he was then to be seen regularly at these annual exhibitions until 1912. In 1898 he became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts .
reception
In his early works, Morot's works did not yet reveal a style of their own. Morot found one of these at the latest through his portrait painting . Alone and with his family, he went on several study trips to (and through) North Africa and the Middle East. On these trips, however, hardly any pictures were taken and the few do not allow him, like many of his colleagues, to be a representative of Orientalism .
“Je me suis assise enface du Morot avec une lorgnette et je l'ai étudie. C'est le tableau qui me fait le plus complétement plaisir depuis que j'existe. Rien n'accroche, tout est simple, vrai, bien; tout est fait d'apres nature et ne rappelle en rien les affreuses beautés académiques et convenues. C'est adorable à regarder; la tête de l'âne est bien, le paysage, le manteau, les ongles des pieds. C'est heureux, c'est juste, c'est bien. »
Works (selection)
- Le bon Samaritain . 1880.
- Martyr de Jésus de Nazareth . 1883.
- Rezonville . 1886.
- Reichshoffen . 1887.
- Portrait de Ernest Hébert . 1887.
- Édouard details .
- Retour de la chasse au lion .
- Barthelemy Crepy .
- Portrait de SAR la duchesse d'Alençon .
- La Tentation de Saint Antoine (1902).
literature
- Charles Moreau-Vauthier (Ed.): L'œuvre de Aimé Morot membre de L'Académie des beaux-arts. Hachette, Paris 1906.
- Georg Nordensvan : Morot [mårå], Aimé Nicolas . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 18 : Mekaniker – Mycale . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1913, Sp. 1136 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Léonce Bénédite, Ernst Lundquist: Målarkonsten i nittondeårhundradet efter de förnämste mästarns uppersta taflor af Léonce Bénédite . Stockholm 1913, p. 152 ( runeberg.org ).
- A. Holck: Morot [må ↱ ro], Aimé Nicolas . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 17 : Mielck – Nordland . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1924, p. 305 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Marie Bashkirtseff: Mon Journal. CAMB, Montesson 1995/2003 (12 volumes).
- Emmanuel Bénézit (ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. New edition Grund, Paris 1999 ff.
- Morot, Aimé Nicolas . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 167 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morot, Aimé |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morot, Aimé Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nancy , Meurthe-et-Moselle department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1913 |
| Place of death | Dinard , Ille-et-Vilaine department , France |