Eugène Lambert

Louis Eugène Lambert (born September 24, 1825 in Paris ; † May 17, 1900 there ) was a French animal painter . He specialized in dogs and cats and "is considered to be the head of all those who were honored with the title of" Katzenraphael "in the various nations".

With the support of his teacher Eugène Delacroix , he quickly achieved fame with his lovely depictions of animals, and from 1847 at the age of twenty-two he sent to the Paris Salon . In addition to his oil paintings, he also made many works in watercolor. Lambert was a member of the Société d'aquarellistes français between 1879 and 1896 .

His work can be found in many large museums, such as the British Museum in London , Musée du Luxembourg in Paris , Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon , Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes , Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam , Brooklyn Museum , Cincinnati Art Museum , Ixelles , Clamecy and others.

Sleeping dog on a green ground (1850)
Les chiens et les chats ("Dogs and Cats", book cover 1888)

He was awarded medals at exhibitions in 1865, 1866 and 1870 and became a Knight of the Legion of Honor on August 16, 1874 .

literature

Lambert (pron. Long bear), Louis Eugène . In: Hermann Alexander Müller (Ed.): Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon . Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 317 ( retrobibliothek.de ).
Gaspard de Cherville : Les chiens et les chats d'Eugène Lambert. Paris 1888, with 145 illustrations, 6 etchings, an introduction by Alexandre Dumas and a biography by Paul Leroi (pseudonym of Léon Gauchez).
Lambert, Eugène (Louis E.) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 252 .

Web links

Commons : Louis Eugène Lambert - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikigallery: Louis Eugene Lambert

Individual evidence

^ Lambert, Eugène (Louis E.) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 252 .
↑ Lambert (pronounced long bear), Louis Eugène . In: Hermann Alexander Müller (Ed.): Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon . Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 317 ( retrobibliothek.de ).
^ Légion d'honneur . In: Bulletin administratif de l'instruction publique . tape 17 , no. 341 . Paris 1874, p. 656 ( persee.fr ).
↑ Friederike Kitschen, Julia Drost (Ed.): German Art - French Perspectives: 1870–1945. Sources and comments on art criticism. Akademieverlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-05-004108-7 , p. 237 ff.

personal data
SURNAME	Lambert, Eugène
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lambert, Louis Eugène (full name); Lambert, Louis-Eugène
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French painter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 24, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	17th May 1900
Place of death	Paris

[1] Lambert, Eugène (Louis E.) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 252 .

[2] Lambert (pronounced long bear), Louis Eugène . In: Hermann Alexander Müller (Ed.): Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon . Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 317 ( retrobibliothek.de ).

[3] Légion d'honneur . In: Bulletin administratif de l'instruction publique . tape 17 , no. 341 . Paris 1874, p. 656 ( persee.fr ).

[4] Friederike Kitschen, Julia Drost (Ed.): German Art - French Perspectives: 1870–1945. Sources and comments on art criticism. Akademieverlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-05-004108-7 , p. 237 ff.