Charles Marie Bouton
Charles Marie Bouton (born May 16, 1781 in Paris , † June 28, 1853 in Paris) was a French painter and lithographer .
Live and act
Bouton was a student of Jacques-Louis David and Jean-Victor Bertin . He became known to a wider audience through architectural pieces and views of ruins, for example of the Colosseum ("Six Vues intérieures du Colysée") in Rome, as well as interior views of churches, which Bouton also lithographed . His skillfully chosen perspective and the arranged distribution of light and shadow, which with popular staffage figures led to effectively staged scenes, were appreciated.
With Louis Daguerre , Bouton invented the diorama . This light effect theater was first presented to the public on June 11, 1822 in the Parisian Rue Sanson (today rue de la Douane, 10th arrondissement ). The scenery of the two paintings in the format 14 × 22 m was explained by a speaker and also accompanied by noises. An excited audience followed the 10 to 15-minute performances. In 1830 Bouton terminated the partnership and moved to London .
Works (selection)
Bouton created views of numerous churches, including the Chartres Cathedral and the Paris churches of St-Roch and Saint-Etiene-du-Mont , some of which were used for the dioramas.
- 1822?: La Chapelle de la Trinité dans l'Église de Canterbury , diorama
- 1823?: Cathédrale de Chartres , diorama
- 1825?: Ville de Rouen , diorama
- 1825?: Environs de Paris, Saint-Cloud , Diorama
- 1828?: Vue de Venise , diorama
- ??? ?: Camp-Santo, Pisa , Diorama
- ??? ?: Personnage lisant dans une ruine gothique , oil on canvas, 34.5 × 24.5 cm, Rouen , Musée des Beaux-Arts
literature
- Georges Potonniée: List of Tableaux exposés au Diorama de 1822–1839. In: Daguerre, Peintre et Décorateur. Paul Montel, Paris 1935.
- Gustave Geffroy: Bouton, Charles Marie . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 472 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- R. Derek Wood: Daguerre and his Diorama in the 1830s In: History of Photography. Volume 17, No. 3 Taylor & Francis Group, London 1993, pp. 284-295 (= European Society for the History of Photography (Ed.): Photoresearcher No. 6, 1997 pp. 35-40, English, contains plans of the Dioramas of rue Samson).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Tillmanns: History of Photography: a century shapes a medium. Huber, 1981, ISBN 3-7193-0781-6 , p. 28.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bouton, Charles Marie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bouton, Charles-Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter, inventor of the diorama |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1853 |
| Place of death | Paris |