Camille Bombois
Camille Bombois (born January 3, 1883 in Venarey-les-Laumes , † June 11, 1970 in Paris ) was an important French naive painter .
Camille Bombois grew up as the son of a barge on a barge and worked in his early years as a farmhand, assistant or fairground wrestler. At the age of 20 he came to Paris , where he made his way as a worker in the metro and in a newspaper printing company. In the course of time he began to paint and devoted himself mainly to naive painting , especially female nudes, landscapes and scenes from fair life. In 1922 his pictures were first exhibited in Montmartre . Bombois was among other things a participant in the first Documenta in Kassel .
literature
- Boris Vian : visit to Camille Bombois. Boris Vian visits a fairground artist and old school artist . Piet Meyer Verlag, Bern 2012, ISBN 978-3-905799-21-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Camille Bombois in the catalog of the German National Library
- Materials by and about Camille Bombois in the documenta archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bombois, Camille |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French naive painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venarey-les-Laumes |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1970 |
| Place of death | Paris |