Antoine Calbet

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Antoine Calbet (born August 16, 1860 in Engayrac , Lot-et-Garonne department , † 1944 in Paris ) was a French painter.

Life

After his first artistic lessons in Montpellier ( Département Hérault ), Calbet came to Paris. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts (EBA) a. a. Student of Alexandre Cabanel and Édouard-Antoine Marsal . As a member of the Société des Artistes Français , he made his successful debut at an exhibition in 1880.

reception

Calbet's oeuvre includes watercolors , lithographs and oil paintings . In addition, many illustrations of books were created over the years. In 1907 he was entrusted with the decoration of the municipal theater of Agen (Dépt. Lot-et-Garonne).

Calbet found his style as a student at the EBA. He was very productive and his successful participation in the exhibitions of the Salon de Paris boosted his popularity. Therefore, his artistic work soon became a financial success.

Honors

Works (selection)

Watercolors
  • Aphrodite . 1896
  • Les amoureux sur un siège .
  • Elegant in a garden .
  • Scènes galantes .
  • Femme se reposant in a canapé .
Illustrations
Oil painting
  • Baigneuse . 1899
  • Dame au foulard .
  • Portrait d'une femme rousse .
  • Chouans royalistes contre révolutionnaires .
  • Baigneuse aux branches fleuries .

literature

  • Emmanuel Bénézit (ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays, vol. 3 . New edition Grund, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-7000-3073-7 .
  • Jacques Clouché: Antoine Calbet, onzième illustrious Agenais . In: Le Festin. Revue des patrimoines, des paysages et de la création en Aquitaine , Vol. 6 (11991), pp. 38-45, ISSN  1143-676X .
  • Clarisse Faurie: Antoine Calbet (1860-1944) . Press L'université, Toulouse 2004 (2 volumes).
  • Louise Guggini et al. a .: Le Train Bleu . PLUS Édition, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-908557-01-0 .
  • Paul Pfister, Claire Pfister: Signature Lexicon ("Dictionnaire des signatures", 1999). DeGruyter, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-11-014937-0 .
  • Gérald Schurr, Pierre Cabanne: Les petits maîtres de la peinture . L'Amateur, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-8591-7378-1 .
personal data
SURNAME Calbet, Antoine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Engayrac , Lot-et-Garonne department
DATE OF DEATH 1944
Place of death Paris