Marc Alfred Chataud
Marc Alfred Chataud (born August 17, 1833 in Marseille , † May 11, 1908 in Algiers ) was a French painter of Orientalism .
Marc Alfred Chataud was the son of a banker, studied law and then worked for an insurance company in Paris. From 1857 to 1860 he was a pupil of Émile Loubon's drawing school in Marseille . He continued his studies in Paris in the studio of Charles Gleyre .
His family owned real estate in Algeria. Chataud visited the country several times from 1856 before finally settling near Sidi Moussa in the Algiers prefecture in 1892 .
In the salons from 1864 to 1885 he exhibited paintings with orientalist motifs. For several years he was influenced by the melodramatic style of Henri Regnault . He later painted realistic scenes from the life of the Arab population.
In 1897 he participated in the establishment of the Société des Artistes Algeriens and in 1904 became its deputy chairman. He is one of the painters of the so-called École d'Alger .
literature
- Chataud (Château), Marc Alfred . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 425 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Dominique Lobstein: Chataud, Marc Alfred . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 18, Saur, Munich a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-598-22758-2 , p. 311.
- Bellier - Auvray: Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'École française depuis l'origine des arts. P. 239 ( gallica.bnf.fr ).
Web links
- Chataud, Marc-Alfred. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Works by Marc Alfred Chataud in the Artnet portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chataud, Marc Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chataud, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French oriental painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1908 |
| Place of death | Algiers |