Antoine Charles Horace Vernet
Antoine Charles Horace Vernet , occasionally Carle Vernet , (born August 14, 1758 in Bordeaux , † November 17, 1836 in Paris ) was a French painter , draftsman and lithographer .
biography
Vernet was the son of the painter Claude Joseph Vernet and father of Horace Vernet . He received artistic lessons from his father and Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié . In 1782 he was awarded the prestigious Prix de Rome . He used motifs from his short stay in Italy (1782/83) throughout his career.
At the age of 30 he was accepted as a member of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1788 ; 1810 at the Académie des Beaux-Arts .
The main themes dealt with by Carle Vernet include battles from the Napoleonic era. In recognition of his battle depictions, he was accepted into the Legion of Honor by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1808 . Carle Vernet also painted portraits and hunting scenes; He had a special talent as an animal painter for the representation of horses and dogs. He provided the template for the panoramic wallpaper Les Chasses de Compiègne (The Hunts of Compiègne ) by the Parisian manufacturer Jacquemart & Bénard.
He was also known for his depictions of contemporary moral images , including the graphic series Les incroyables et merveilleuses published in 1797 and the Cris de Paris published around 1815 . He was one of the first artists to use the printing technique of lithography .
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Saunier, La Peinture au XIXe siècle , 2 vol., Paris 1911, p. 127, and vol. 2, p. 264.
- ^ Christiane Rossner: Hunting scenes in the royal bedroom. In: Monuments, Volume 30, No. 1, February 2020, pp. 30–31.
- ↑ Online at Gallica
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| SURNAME | Vernet, Antoine Charles Horace |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vernet, Carle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1758 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1836 |
| Place of death | Paris |