Alexandre Charpentier

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Alexandre Charpentier drawn by Théo van Rysselberghe

Alexandre Charpentier (born June 10, 1856 in Paris , † March 4, 1909 in Neuilly ) was a French sculptor and medalist .

Life

The worker's son was apprenticed to an engraver and learned how to represent it in bas-relief using medals . From 1871 to 1876 he attended the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (German: 'State University of Fine Arts Paris') with Hubert Ponscarme . He later taught at the Académie Vitti . His relief "Archer" (Tireur d'arc) was exhibited in the Salon de Paris from 1879. Charpentier belonged to Constantin Meunier's circle of friends and created the visual design of the Cabaret le Chat noir . He was also the creator of numerous medals with the images of well-known personalities and designed home furnishings. In this field of activity, Charpentier received a grand prize at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 , worked on the Villa Majorelle in Nancy and designed an Art Nouveau dining room for the banker Adrien Bénard, which is now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The aforementioned museum dedicated an exhibition to him in early 2008.

Alexandre Charpentier married his student Elisa Beetz . She was his second wife. Her witnesses were Claude Debussy and Auguste Rodin .

Charpentier was accepted into the Legion of Honor as a knight in 1900 .

literature

  • Madeleine Charpentier-Darcy: Alexandre Charpentier (1856–1909) - Naturalisme et Art Nouveau. Editions Nicolas Chaudun, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-35039-045-1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexandre Charpentier (1856-1909). Naturalism et Art Nouveau. ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Paris, Musée d'Orsay, from January 22nd to April 13th, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.latribunedelart.com
  2. ^ Roberta Waddell: Art Et Décoration . Courier Corporation, 1977, ISBN 0-48623-515-7 , p. 279.
  3. ↑ Jana Wijnsouw: National Identity and Nineteenth-Century Franco-Belgian Sculpture. Routledge, 2017, ISBN 1-35177-814-5 , p. 393.
  4. ↑ James H. Rubin, Olivia Mattis: Rival Sisters, Art and Music at the Birth of Modernism, 1815-1915. Ashgate Publishing, 2014, ISBN 1-40942-070-1 , p. 279.
  5. ^ Charpentier, Alexandre-Louis-Marie. In: Base Léonore

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personal data
SURNAME Charpentier, Alexandre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Charpentier, Alexandre-Louis-Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1909
Place of death Neuilly-sur-Seine , Seine department , France