Alfred Agache (painter)
Alfred-Pierre Joseph Agache , better known as Alfred Agache (born August 29, 1843 in Lille , † September 15, 1915 ibid) was a French academic painter of the Belle Époque .
Life
Alfred Agache's family was wealthy. His father was gifted as a painter and artist. However, his family refused to train Alfred Agache, but encouraged his artistic inclination as a painter.
Little is known about the life of Alfred Agache, who exhibited his works regularly in Paris until his death . Agache specialized in portraits and large-scale allegorical paintings. He had a close friendship with the American painter James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) and the writer Auguste Angellier (1848-1911), who dedicated a book to him. Until his death in 1915 he held the post of Conservateur général des Musées de Lille .
Honors
- 1885 member of the Société des Artistes Français
- 1893 gold medal at the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago
- 1895 Officier de la Légion d'Honneur
Works
- 1880 Portrait de femme agée
- 1883 Portrait de jeune femme
- 1885 L'Annonciation
- 1885 Vanité
- 1885 La roue de la Fortune
- 1888 Enigme ( Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen )
- 1889 Jeune fille assistant tenant des fleurs dans les bras
- 1895 La Diseuse de bonne adventure
- 1895 La Fortune Teller
- 1902 Obedience
- 1909 Les Couronnes
- 1910 Etude
- 1911 Les Masques
- Les parques ; undated
- Femme nue étendue, tête de femme ; undated
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| SURNAME | Agache, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Agache, Alfred-Pierre Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French academic painter of the Belle Époque |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lille |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1915 |
| Place of death | Lille |