Joseph Aubert (painter)
Joseph-Jean-Félix Aubert , called Joseph Aubert (born August 20, 1849 in Nantes , Loire-Atlantique department , † May 1924 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine department ) was a French painter.
Live and act
Aubert received his first artistic lessons at a drawing school in his hometown. Through the advocacy and mediation of his teachers, he was later able to change to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris . Most of the lessons there were taught by Alexandre Cabanel .
Aubert regularly took part in the major annual exhibitions of the Salon de Paris .
The two main themes in Aubert's oeuvre were historical and religious. With his work "Les noyades de Nantes en 1793" he describes the excesses of Jean-Baptiste Carrier's reign of terror during the Vendée uprising . With his religious pictures he tells a. a. the miracles of Jesus ; z. B. the miracle of the multiplication of bread in "Multiplication des pains".
Works (selection)
- Les noyades de Nantes en 1793 . 1881.
- Multiplication des pains . 1916.
- Remise des clefs à saint Pierre . 1917.
literature
- Jean Calvet : Joseph Aubert (1849-1924). Un artiste chrétien . Lanore, Paris 1926.
- Émmanuel Bénézit (ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et des tous les pays. Vol. 1. Grund, Paris 1999, pp. ??.
- Romain Dauphin-Meunier: Joseph Aubert. La vie et l'œuvre d'un peintre chrétien . Dissertation, University of Paris 2005.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aubert, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aubert, Joseph-Jean-Félix (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantes , Loire-Atlantique department |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1924 |
| Place of death | Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine department |