Alexandre Antigna

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Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Antigna (born March 7, 1817 in Orléans , † February 26, 1878 in Paris ) was a French painter .

Alexandre Antigna

Life

Alexandre Antigna received his first drawing lessons from the painter François Salmon (1781–1855), who urged him to continue his studies in Paris. In the fall of 1837 he enrolled at the prestigious Paris Art School , where he was a student of Sébastien Louis Guillaume Norblin de la Gourdaine (1796-1884) and Paul Delaroche (1797-1856).

Antigna exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1841 . At first he painted portraits and religious scenes. He later lived and worked on the Île Saint-Louis inland island in Paris - in his pictures he showed the suffering and stress of the people in the poor district. With the February Revolution of 1848 Antigna turned to the style of realism . On study trips to Brittany and Spain (1857), he always maintained his style and compassion for the poor. From 1860 he painted in the style of naturalism .

In 1861, Alexandre Antigna was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor . In the same year he married the painter Hélène-Marie Pettit, a granddaughter of the teacher and translator Ambroise Rendu (1778-1860). Their son André-Marc Antigna (1869–1941) also became a painter and miniaturist.

Works

  • 1848 L'Éclair
  • 1849 Après le Bain
  • 1850 L'Incendie
  • 1855 La Mort du Pauvre
  • 1855 La Fete Dieu
  • 1855 La Halte forcée
  • 1862 Marchand d'images
  • 1864 Miroir des bois
  • 1864 Paysanne bretonne

  • The lightning bolt, 1848

  • The fire, 1850–51

  • The forced stop in 1855

literature

  • Thomas Gaehtgens, The Revolution of 1848 in European Art , in: Dieter Langewiesche (ed.), The Revolutions of 1848 in European History , Oldenbourg, Munich 1999, pp. 91–123, ISBN 3486644297
  • Catalog de l'exposition Antigna au musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans. Préface de David Ojalvo (1978)
  • Marie-Christine Delacroix: Le centenaire de Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Antigna , Journal de l'amateur d'art (1978)
  • Christian Jamet: Antigna ou la passion des humbles , Les Editions Demeter (2007)

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personal data
SURNAME Antigna, Alexandre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Antigna, Jean-Pierre-Alexandre (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Orleans
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1878
Place of death Paris