Charles Maurin
Charles Maurin (born April 1, 1856 in Le Puy-en-Velay , Auvergne , † July 22, 1914 in Grasse , Alpes-Maritimes ) was a French painter and printer .
Life
In 1875 Charles Maurin won the Prix Crozatier , which allowed him to study in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts under Jules-Joseph Lefebvre and also at the Académie Julian , where he later taught. Among his best known students were Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Félix Vallotton .
In 1882 Maurin took part in the exhibition of the Salon des Artistes Français (SAF), in which he took part regularly until 1890; In 1889 and 1900 he received the gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition .
Fascinated by the Japanese woodcut , whose stylistic elements had a lasting influence on his own graphic work, Maurin became the great protagonist of the black and white woodcut. He characterized the depicted scenes in sharp outlines or in silhouette forms, laconic formulaic captions pointed to facts that apparently cannot be painted. In his graphics he was the master of the woodcut of German Expressionism , in his paintings he was the forerunner of the New Objectivity .
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| SURNAME | Maurin, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter and printer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Puy-en-Velay , Auvergne |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1914 |
| Place of death | Grasse |