Albert-Émile Artigue

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Albert-Émile Artigue
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Albert-Émile Artigue (born August 15, 1850 in Buenos Aires , † April 16, 1927 in Paris ) was an Argentine-French painter, lithographer, poster artist and art teacher.

Albert-Émile Artigue was born in Argentina to French parents. He had dual citizenship and attended the Bordeaux municipal school from the age of fifteen . Artigue studied at the École des beaux-arts in Paris with Alexandre Cabanel . He also learned etching and lithography.

He returned to Argentina in 1900 and became a professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, where he was known as "Emilio Artigue". He exhibited in the United States and was awarded a silver medal at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904 . In 1910 he was appointed commissioner for the fine arts at the Argentine centenary exhibition.

From 1875 to 1901 he exhibited in the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français . Artigue worked for a number of magazines, such as "L'Estampe moderne". He created some Art Nouveau posters, including a. for Feuillantine Grande liqueur for the Limoges monastery (1900) and for the Brasserie de la Fontaine brewery in Nîmes.

He owned a studio in Paris at 117 rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs. At the end of his life he taught at the Académie Julian in Paris . His students included u. a. Jules Cavaillès .

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