Albert Brenet

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Albert Victor Eugène Brenet (born June 25, 1903 in Harfleur , Département Seine-Inférieure , † July 4, 2005 in Paris ) was a French painter .

Life

Born in the Le Havre region, Albert Brenet drew the merchant ships that docked at the port of Le Havre as a child. Albert Brenet - an average student with a keen passion for drawing - began studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1920 . There he received training as an animal painter and was active in this profession until the late 1920s .

In 1929 Brenet came on board one of the last trading sailing ships, the Bonchamp, where he not only discovered the fascination and the hustle and bustle of the ports during the subsequent seven-month voyage to the West Indies , but also discovered life on board without electricity and Had to arrange running water.

This trip shaped his further career as a painter decisively. Brenet created sketches, oil paintings , gouaches of ports, ships and their crews. Brenet also achieved notoriety through his posters for transatlantic airlines.

Brenet, who was appointed Peintre Officiel de la Marine in 1936 , was the first to hold the titles Peintre Officiel de la Marine, Peintre de l'Air, obtained in 1936, and Peintre de l'Armée de terre, obtained in 1959. Along with Marin-Marie , whom he met in 1931, and Roger Chapelet, Albert Brenet is one of the three great French marine painters of the 20th century.

Works (selection)

  • Le départ des Terre-Neuvas
  • The paquebot "La Marseillaise" in the port of Saigon
  • Nouba du 4e régiment de Tirailleurs tunisiens, gouache
  • Porte-avions Et Escorteur
  • Preparation D'un Hydravion Sur L'étang De Berre
  • Revue navale dans la rade de Toullon
  • 4 mâts-barque sortant du Havre, gouache

literature

  • Henri Le Masson, Musée national de la marine (Paris), Association des peintres officiels de la Marine (France) (ed.): Albert Brenet…, Musée de la marine, 1974
  • Lynne Thornton: Les Africanistes: peintres voyageurs, 1860-1960, page 316 , Courbevoie / Paris: ACR Edition, 1990 ISBN 2867700450
  • Albert Brenet, Cristina Baron, Musée de la marine (Paris, France): Albert Brenet, peintre reporter, Editions Ouest-France, 1991 ISBN 2737308844
  • Thierry Favre et Cristina Baron: Albert Brenet: une vie, une œuvre, Gallimard, 2003 ISBN 2742411925
  • René le Bihan: Albert Brenet: voyages & marines, Edition Le Télégramme, 2003 ISBN 2848330112
  • Romane Petroff, Saint-Briac-sur-Mer (Ille-et-Vilaine): Albert Brenet: cent ans de peinture: exposition, du 8 juillet au 26 août 2007, à Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, ancien couvent de la Sagesse , Librairie ancienne des Trois Islets, 2007 ISBN 2951957955
  • Audap - Mirabaud (Firm), Drouot-Richelieu (Firm): Albert Brenet (1903-2005): un tour du monde en 80 gouaches, Audap - Mirabaud, 2010

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personal data
SURNAME Brenet, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brenet, Albert Victor Eugène (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Harfleur , Seine-Maritime department
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 2005
Place of death Paris