Albert Rigolot
Albert Gabriel Rigolot (born November 28, 1862 in Paris , † April 25, 1932 ibid) was a French painter in the Belle Époque .
Life
Albert Rigolot received his artistic training in Paris in the 16th arrondissement from Léon Germain Pelouse and Auguste Allongé. In 1886 he made his debut in the Paris art exhibition Salon des artistes français .
In 1890 the Mormons from Utah sent the painters Lorus Pratt, John Fairbanks, Edwin Evans and Hans Hafen to Paris to study. Albert Rigolot instructed the four men at the Académie Julian in the subject of wall painting. It was about how to restore the Salt Lake Temple .
Later the landscape painter Albert Rigolot was influenced by the Barbizon School . After his Algeria trip in 1896 he painted Oriental and became a member of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français .
In 1900 Albert Rigolot painted the restaurant Le Train Bleu in the Lyon train station in fin de siècle style.
Albert Rigolot's son Yves André Rigolot (1910–1996) painted under the name Yves Rouvre.
Honors
- 1900 silver medal for designs at the Paris World Exhibition
- 1901 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
Works (selection)
1893: The threshing machine , oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
Sunrise in the Mist , oil on canvas, Rehs Galleries, New York City
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ eng. Léon Germain Pelouse
- ↑ French. Auguste Allongé
- ^ French Salon des artistes français
- ↑ eng. Lorus Pratt
- ↑ eng. John Fairbanks
- ↑ eng. Edwin Evans
- ↑ eng. John Harbor
- ↑ eng. Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français
- ^ French Yves Rouvre
- ^ Yves Rouvre entry in WorldCat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rigolot, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rigolot, Albert Gabriel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter in the Belle Époque |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1932 |
| Place of death | Paris |