Edmond Yon
Edmond Charles Joseph Yon (born March 31, 1841 in Paris ; † March 25, 1897 there ) was a French landscape painter, watercolorist and lithographer .
Life
Edmond Yon was born in Paris in 1841 as the son of the sculptor Charles Yon (1803-1851). Yon studied in Paris under the direction of the lithographer Jean Achille Pouget and the sculptor Justin Lequien (1826–1882) and then worked as a wood cutter and etcher. He cut from his own templates for various magazines such as Le Monde Illustré, L'Illustration, L'Art and made reproductions based on the works of Corot and Millet . But also books, etc. a. Works by Victor Hugo and Paul Verne were illustrated by him.
In 1865 Yon exhibited his works for the first time and then regularly at the Paris Salon . From 1867 Yon turned increasingly to painting and now created atmospheric, lifelike landscapes from the Paris area, but above all bank scenes of the rivers Seine , Oise , Marne and Bièvre . For his works he received gold medals at the Paris Salon in 1875, 1879 and 1889, as well as a gold medal at the World Exhibition in 1889. In 1886 he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor .
Edmond Yon died in 1897 shortly before the age of 56. His grave is in the Paris Père Lachaise Cemetery , 16th Division.
Works (selection)
Illustrations / etchings
- to " Don Quichotte " by Miguel de Cervantes (approx. 160 etchings)
- to " Les Misérables " The Sorrows of Victor Hugo
- to "Quarantième ascension française au mont Blanc" (1871), fortieth French ascent to Mont Blanc by Paul Verne
painting
- Chemin à Velizy (1867)
- Bras de la Seine (1875, medal)
- Le Bas de Montigny, Bords de la Marne (1879, medal)
- Moret-sur-Loing
- La Rivière d'Eure à Acquigny (1881)
- Paysage De Rivière
- Les vaines pâtures à Sainte-Aulde
- Moulin sur le Morin, Près Sucy-en-Brie (1879)
- On the banks of the rivière
- Printemps
- Le Moulin à eau
- Échoués Bateaux de pêche à marée basse, Villerville
- Pont sur une Rivière
- La Batteuse
- Le Pont de Vernon, près Vouvray
For an exhibition of Edmond Yon's works in Paris in 1891, a tableau with some of his works on view was shown in the magazine L'illustration : L'Exposition Yon - Choix de tableaux de la vente Edmond Yon (see picture on the right).
literature
- Yon, Edmond Charles . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 359 .
- Yon, Edmond Charles Joseph. In: HA Müller , HW Singer : General Artist Lexicon. Volume 5, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt / M. 1921 ( archive.org ).
- Yon, Edmond Charles. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, p. 1044 ( archive.org ).
- A. Mlochowski de Belina: Nos peintres dessinés par eux-mêmes: notes humoristiques et esquisses biographiques. E. Bernard, Paris 1883, pp. 433-435, ( digitized from Gallica ).
Web links
- Elim Elmic: Vente de Tableaux, Aquarelles & Pastels de M. Edmond Yon . In: L'art: revue hebdomadaire illustrée . Paris, December 1886, (part 1), p. 61 ff. (Digitized version of Heidelberg University) (French)
- Photo by Edmond Yon near Tripota - Trier portrait database (University of Trier)
- Works by Edmond Yon at europeana.eu
- Works by Edmond Yon on artnet
- Information on Edmond Yon in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Literature by and about Edmond Charles Joseph Yon in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
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↑ a b Date of birth and death according to the information from the grave site of the Père Lachaise cemetery .
The Bibliothèque nationale de France and Thieme-Becker name: (February 2, 1836 - March 15, 1897) - ^ Paul Leroi: La huitième exposition de la Société d'Aquarellistes Français . In: L'art: revue hebdomadaire illustrée . Paris, December 1886, (part 1), pp. 83 f. (Digitized version of Heidelberg University) (French)
- ^ Base Léonore database of the French Ministry of Culture , records of members of the Legion of Honor
- ↑ Grave site: YON, Edmond Charles see also Commons
- ↑ The Illustrated Jules Verne 12 illustrations by Edmond Yon
- ↑ L'Exposition Yon. In: L'Illustration , No. 2510, (49) April 4, 1891 (digitized by Projekt Gutenberg) Note: Wikimedia gives the titles of the individual works
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Yon, Edmond |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yon, Edmond Charles Joseph (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French landscape painter, watercolorist and lithographer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1841 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1897 |
Place of death | Paris |