Georges Cain

Georges Jules Auguste Cain (born April 16, 1856 in Paris ; † March 4, 1919 there ) was a French painter ( history painting ).

Life

Cain came from a family of artists: his grandfather Pierre-Jules Mène and his father Auguste-Nicolas Caïn were sculptors, his brother Henri writers.

After receiving artistic lessons from his father, Cain was at the École des Beaux-Arts (EBA) at an early age and was a student of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Georges Vibert . Later he learned in the studio of Édouard Detaille . With the support of his teachers, Cain was able to take part in the annual exhibition of the Salon de Paris in 1878 . Highly praised by the public as well as by official art critics, he took part in almost every one of these annual exhibitions until 1900.

In addition, he was able to achieve great success as an illustrator over the years. In 1897 Cain was appointed curator of the Musée Carnavalet and as such he wrote several non-fiction books.

Six weeks before his 63rd birthday, Georges Cain died on March 4, 1919 in Paris, where he found his final resting place.

Honors

The Square Georges Cain in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris bears his name in his honor.

Works (selection)

L'amoureux éconduit

Oil painting

• Le procès . 1881.
• Elegant au tricorne . 1889.
• La comedie humaine . 1896.
• Le buste

Illustrations

• Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais : Le barbier de Séville .
• Honoré de Balzac : La cousine Bette .

own books

• Environs de Paris . Flammarion, Paris 1911/13 (2 vol.).
• Coins de Paris. Avec 105 illustrations documentaires . Flammarion, Paris 1907.
• Guide explicatif du musée Carnavalet . Paris 1903.

literature

• Emmanuel Bénézit (Ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous le temps et de tous les pays, vol. 3 . New edition Grund, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-7000-3013-3 .

Web links

Commons : Georges Caïn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files