Charles Girardet
Charles-Samuel Girardet [ ʒiʀaʀˈdɛ ] (born November 2 or 24, 1780 in Le Locle , † 1863 in Versailles ) was a French engraver and lithographer from Switzerland .
Charles Girardet was a member of the Girardet family of artists , he was a son of the publisher Samuel Girardet and brother of Abraham Girardet . In 1805 he went to Paris, where he learned from his brother Abraham. He engraved his first leaves from 1805 to 1809 for the Etrennes Helvétiques . In 1811/12 he learned the then still young technique of lithography, to which he soon switched completely. From 1813 to 1822 he lived in his home town of Le Locle, then back in Paris.
In 1831 he won the 1st prize of the Société d'encouragement à l'industrie nationale de Paris and the following year the gold medal 1st class for the use of lithography in letterpress printing.
His sons Karl , Edouard and Paul were also artistically active.
Publications
- Notices sur l'origine et le progrès de la gravure en relief sur pierre . 1840.
literature
- Girardet, Charles . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 164–165 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Renate Treydel: Girardet, Charles . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 55, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22795-0 , p. 183.
Web links
- Girardet, Charles-Samuel. In: Sikart
- Lucie Girardin-Cestone: Girardet, Charles Samuel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Girardet, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Girardet, Charles-Samuel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-French engraver and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1780 or November 24, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Locle |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1863 |
| Place of death | Versailles |