Antonio de la Gandara

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antonio de la Gandara

Antonio de la Gandara (born December 16, 1861 in Paris , † June 30, 1917 there ) was a French painter and draftsman . With his portraits and his pictures of Paris' bridges, parks and streets, he is considered one of the greatest painters of the Belle Époque . Gandara became one of the favorite painters of the Parisian elite at an early age , as can be seen in the illustration of his paintings on the cover of the fashionable Le Figaro magazine.

Life

Gandara was born the son of an Englishwoman and a Mexican. In 1878 he began his studies at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris . There he learned from Jean-Léon Gérôme and Cabanel until 1881 .

Just one year after completing his studies, Gandara exhibited his portrait of Melle Dufresne in the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français . At the world exhibition in Paris in 1889 he won a bronze medal. He had his first own exhibition in New York in 1898 in the gallery of Paul Durand-Ruel . In the 1890s, further exhibitions followed in the salons of the Société nationale des beaux-arts and in the Salon de la Société Nationale . At the world exhibition in 1900 he received the silver medal for his painting by Sarah Bernhardt . He was now a member of the Legion of Honor and became a member of the jury of Champ de Mars .

Sarah Bernhardt in L'Aiglon by Edmond Restand

During the First World War, Gandara went to Mallorca . Although Gandara is now considered a key figure of his time, his notoriety fell rapidly after his death in 1917. He is buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

During his lifetime, Gandara's studio was on rue Monsieur-le-Prince . He had three daughters and was married twice, first to Anne Catherine Wilms and then to Charlotte Saint-André. However, after he had portrayed Madame Gautreau (1859–1915) in 1898 , there were rumors of an affair with her.

style

Gandara mostly worked with oil and pastel colors , but also with charcoal and pencil . He often painted his models against a neutral background. The portraits show his interest in fashion and decoration , e.g. B. Woman in Pink . Gandara was a huge fan of James Abbott McNeill Whistler and was influenced by Velasquez , Gainsborough and Chardin . Today he is often placed in line with Boldini , Helleu , Tissot and Jacques-Émile Blanche . In addition to portraits, Gandara also illustrated a small number of book publications, including Les Danaïdes by Camille Mauclair and Les Chauves-Souris by Robert de Montesquiou .

Works

  • Portrait de Melle Dufresne (issued in 1882)
  • Saint Sébastien percé de flêches (exhibited in the Salon des Champs-Elysées in 1883)
  • Luxembourg Garden (exhibited in 1892), fig.
  • Mme Sarah Bernhardt (1892)
  • Impressions de gris perle: Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac (approx. 1892), Fig.
  • Portrait Melle L (ca.1892 or 1893)
  • Little Girl in a Yellow Dress (1893) (depicts his daughter Raymonde) Fig.
  • Droit de Femme (1895)
  • Madame GB [Guillaume Beer] (1896)
  • Mrs. Burke-Roche (issued in 1897)
  • Mme Pierre Gautreau (1898)
  • Portrait Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles (Anna Princess de Bassara-Brancovan) (1899)
  • Madame G. (exhibited in 1905), private collection, ill.
  • Portrait de Romaine Brooks (1905)
  • Charlotte Saint-André (1909), private collection, ill.
  • Sarah Bernhardt in L'Aiglon (1910)
  • La déclamation de Don Quixote à Sancho Pancha (1912)
  • Anselme Mortreuil (1912)
  • Don Quixote (ca.1912)
  • Ida Rubinstein (1913)
  • Caricatures d'artistes du "Chat Noir"
  • Portrait of a Family with their Collie, Fig.
  • Woman in pink
  • Anne Catherine Wilms, private collection, ill.
  • Madeleine Morlet
  • Portrait de Mme Leonor Uriburu Y Anchora et de son fils Emilio. Private collection, ill.
  • Countess Greffulhe
  • The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg
  • The Princess of Chimay
  • The Prince de Polignac
  • The Prince de Sagan
  • Charles Leconte de Lisle
  • Paul Verlaine
  • Jean Moréas
  • Winnaretta Singer, fig.

literature

  • Xavier Mathieu: Antonio de La Gandara, un témoin de la Belle Epoque . Illustria - Librairie des Musées, Deauville 2011, ISBN 978-2-35404-021-5 .

Web links

Commons : Antonio de la Gandara  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Gandara, Antonio de la
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1917
Place of death Paris