Fernand Piet
Fernand Piet (* 26 August 1869 in Paris ; † 24. February 1942 ) was a French artist of the post-Impressionism .
Life
Fernand Piet was born to a wealthy family on Paris' Rue de Chabrol . His father Jules , whose father was the painter Charles Mozin, was an engineer . During his school days, when he attended the École Bossuet and then the Lycée Chaptal , his artistic talent developed.
At the age of 16, in 1885, Piet passed his Abitur and left high school around 1887 in the studio of Fernand Cormon , where he met Émile Bernard , Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , Louis Anquetin , François Gauzi , Henri Rachou and Vincent van Gogh and afterwards to learn under Eugène Carrière and Alfred Philippe Roll . He then attended the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris and visited the Académie de la Grande Chaumière three times a week .
In 1893, Piet took a studio at number 38 Boulevard de Rochechouart , which was adjacent to the famous artists' quarter of Montmartre . Free of financial worries, he can devote himself entirely to painting. He is particularly fond of the neighborhood. Numerous sketches, paintings and drawings portray the turbulent life there. He made friends with the artist Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola , the landscape painter Edmond Lempereur and Jean-Louis Forain .
In 1896 he traveled to Le Midi , Marseille and Toulon . He also traveled to Holland and Belgium in 1898 . In 1905 Piet was admitted to the jury of the Salon des Independants . With the beginning of the First World War , his exhibition activities were also interrupted, but he resumed them in 1921. A year later he became part of the art circle of Princess Bibesco de Brancovan . Fernand Piet was a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts since 1925 . From 1930 onwards he no longer went public. Only a few works from his last years are known. Piet died lonely in his studio on rue Lamarck , where he worked for 23 years.
Participation in exhibitions (selection)
- from 1893 to 1935: regular participation in the exhibitions of the Société nationale des beaux-arts
- 1893: Théâtre d'Application , Paris
- 1893: Galerie de la Bodinière
- 1900: Large painting exhibition, Kunstverein Bremen
- World Exhibition Paris 1900
- 1900: Bodinier Gallery
- 1900: Salon Lorrain, Nancy
- 1904: Salon des Independants
- 1910: Large art exhibition, Bremen
- 1921: Salon des Independants
- 1922: International Exposition at Carnegie Institution , Pittsburgh
- 1925: Salon des Independants
Awards
- Bronze medal from the Paris World Exhibition in 1900
- Ordre des Palmes Académiques 1910
- Proposed for nomination with the Order of the Legion of Honor , but Piet declined.
Memberships
- Cercle des arts et lettres
- since 1925: Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
Museums (selection)
literature
monograph
- " Fernand Piet - Life and Work ", Erich Steingräber , Bruckmann Verlag Munich, 1974
Others
- Albert Grigor'evich Kostenevich: "French Art Treasures at the Hermitage: Splendid Masterpieces, New Discoveries", p. 1954, Harry N. Abrams, 1999
- " Fernand Piet - A painter of the Belle Epoque ", Anton Sailer, published in 1968 in Die Kunst und das Schöne Heim , Issue 11, p. 537 ff. Thiemig Verlag , Munich
Web links
- Works by Fernand Piet ( Memento from August 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Morning Post , November 18, 1893
- ↑ Le Petit Parisien , February 22, 1904, p. 5
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piet, Fernand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French post-impressionist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1942 |
| Place of death | Paris |