Charles Fouqueray
Charles Fouqueray , actually Charles Dominique Fouqueray , (born April 23, 1869 in Le Mans , Département Sarthe , † March 28, 1956 ) was a French painter .
Life
Fouqeray came from an old family of officers; his father was a naval officer. He received his artistic training at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris , a. a. by Alexandre Cabanel and Fernand Cormon . Supported and encouraged by his teachers, he was able to successfully take part in the Salon des artistes français as early as 1888 .
In 1908 Fouqueray was appointed to the Peintre Officiel de la Marine (Official Painter of the Navy).
Quote
"La première chose que l'on remarque lorsque l'on étudie les travaux de Charles Fouqueray, c'est la place qu'il donne à ses personnages"
- Nadine André-Pallois : L'Indochine, p. 108
Honors
- 1909 Prix Rosa Bonheur
- 1914 Prix d'Indochine
- 1947 member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
Works (selection)
- Hall in the town hall of Niort , Deux-Sèvres department
- Foyer of the Hôtel de l'Empereur d'Amann in Paris, 16th arrondissement
- Public hall in Montreuil , Seine-Saint-Denis department
literature
- Nadine André-Pallois: L'Indochine. Un lieu d'echange culturel? Les peintres français et indochinois (fin XIX - XX siècle) . EFEO, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-85539-784-7 .
- Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous ley pays . New edition Grund, Paris 1999ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fouqueray, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fouqueray, Charles Dominique (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Mans , Sarthe Department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1956 |