François Flameng

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François Léopold Flameng (born December 6, 1856 in Paris , † February 28, 1923 there ) was a French painter.

Life

Flameng was a son of the painter Léopold Flameng (1831-1911), from whom he also received his first artistic lessons. With the support of his father, Flameng came to the École des Beaux-Arts in his hometown and was there a. a. with Pierre Hédouin pupil of Alexandre Cabanel .

In 1875, at the age of 19, Flameng was invited to take part in the major annual exhibition of the Salon de Paris . His painting “Le Lutrin”, which was submitted for this purpose, received a commendation from the jury.

In 1905 Flameng was appointed lecturer at the Académie des Beaux-Arts . A few years later he was accepted there as a member and was even president of the Académie for some time. War Minister Alexandre Millerand appointed Flameng to be the “official French war painter ” during the First World War . Through this task he was elected honorary president of the Société des peintres militaire français after the end of the war . The American National Academy of Design elected François Flameng an honorary member ( Honorary NA ) in 1919 .

During the First World War, he became one of the most important official French war painters. In his watercolors and gouches, the artist mainly depicted everyday life as a soldier, prisoners of war, ruins and calm landscapes.

Further honors

Student (selection)

Works (selection)

Oil paintings
  • Le Lutrin . 1875.
  • La cour intérieure de l ' Alhambra . 1875.
  • Les vainqueurs de la Bastille le 14 Julliet 1789 . 1881.
  • Baignade des dames de la cour au XVIIIe siècle . 1888.
  • Napoléon assis dans une auberge . 1892.
Portraits
  • Portrait de Vera Kharitonenko . 1893.
  • Portrait de Dora de Leuchtenberg . 1896.
  • Portrait de Mme Faure . 1901.
  • Portrait de Mlle Herpin . 1908.
  • Portrait de femme à la robe bleue . 1917.
War images
  • Bataille de l'Yser, troupes franchissant la plaine inondée . 1914.
  • Croquis de Guerre . 1915.
  • Les batailles de l'Artois . 1915.
  • Hôpital de campagne . 1916.
  • Combat du September 25, 1915 in Champagne . 1915.
Illustrations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "F" / Flameng, Francois Honorary 1919 ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 22, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalacademy.org

literature

  • Emmanuel Bénézit (ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays . New edition Grund, Paris, 1999 ff. Vol.?, P.?.
  • Louis Gaggini et al. a .: Le train bleu . PLUS; Paris 1990, ISBN 2-908557-01-0 , pp.?.
  • Philippe Guilloux: François Flameng, peintre de la Grand Guerre . In: Gazette des Uniforms , 1992, issue 138 (September / October).
  • Christian Hottin, Jean-Michel Leniaud: Quand la Sorbonne était peinte . Maisonneuve Larose, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-7068-1477-2 , pp. 91-92.
  • Frédéric Lacaille: La Première Guerre Mondiale vue par les peintres . Citèdis Paris 1998, ISBN 2-911920-11-2 , pp.? ..
  • John Laffin: The western front illustrated. 1914-1918 . Suttin Publ., Stroud 1997, ISBN 0-7509-1438-6 , pp.?.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Flameng, François
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flameng, François Léopold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1923
Place of death Paris , France