Charles Toché
Charles Toché (born July 26, 1851 in Nantes , † August 31, 1916 in Paris ) was a French painter and illustrator .
life and work
Charles Toché was born in Nantes in 1851 to the merchant Émile François Toché and his wife Jeanne, née Garnier. He first studied architecture with the architect and painter Félix Thomas, who lives in Nantes . He then traveled to Spain, the Middle East and Italy. He lived in Venice for five years and copied numerous works of Italian painting as an autodidact, including works by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo . Here he also met the French painter Édouard Manet , who was visiting the city.
In 1875 he returned to France and worked in the Chenonceau castle in the Indre-et-Loire department until 1888 . During the extensive restoration of the castle, Toché created historical and allegorical frescoes in the Grande Galerie . He exhibited the design drawings for these frescoes in the Paris gallery Georges Petit in 1887 and gained greater fame as a result. During his stay at Chenonceau Castle, Toché met the writer Gustave Flaubert , for whose novel The Temptation of St. Anthony he made illustrations.
For the Paris World's Fair in 1889 , he created decorations for several exhibition buildings, including the Palais des Arts libéraux (History of Labor), the Palais de la Viticulture (viticulture) and the Palace of the Republic of Argentina. For the world exhibition in Chicago in 1893 he designed a cycle of pictures on the history of costume. Also in 1893 he created wall paintings with allegories in the Parisian Variety Theater Olympia and in 1895 he was commissioned to paint the foyer of the Grand-Théâtre in Nantes .
Charles Toché was married to Marie Trastour since 1885. From this marriage come the two sons Charles Toché (1886–1968) and François Toché (1888–1982).
literature
- Toché, Charles . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 233 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Toché, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantes |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1916 |
| Place of death | Paris |