Paul-Émile Boutigny
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Paul-Émile Boutigny (born March 10, 1853 in Paris , † June 27, 1929 there ) was a French painter and illustrator.
Live and act
Boutigny came from a family of craftsmen: his father was a tailor, his mother a seamstress.
After the Franco-Prussian War , Boutigny attended the École des Beaux-Arts and was mostly a student of Alexandre Cabanel . Boutigny soon found his own style in battle painting . Supported by his teachers, Boutigny was able to take part regularly in the great annual exhibition of the Salon de Paris from 1880 onwards .
In 1898 he was involved in founding the magazine “Cocorico” and, as an illustrator, devoted himself entirely to Art Nouveau (→ Art Nouveau ).
Paul-Émile Boutigny died on June 27, 1929 in Paris, where he found his final resting place.
Honors
- 1898 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
Works (selection)
- Book illustrations
- Théodore Cahu : Hoche , Marceau , Desaix (Les héros de France). SDL, Paris 1900.
- Paul Déroulède : Chant du soldat . Calmann Lévy, Paris 1881.
- Guy de Maupassant : Boule de suif . Calmann Lévy, Paris 1899.
- Émile Zola : L'attaque du moulin . Collection des Dix, Paris 1901 (German: Storming the Mill )
- Oil painting
- Un episode de l'affaire de Quiberon . 1881.
- Le Pousse cafe . 1883.
- Boule de Suif . 1884.
- Le 7ème de ligne à l'assaut de Malakoff , mort du capitaine Pagès . 1887.
- Napoleon et Jean Lannes . 1890
- Napoleon Bonaparte - La révolte de Pavie . 1895.
- Bataille d'Essling . 1897
- Henri de La Rochejaquelein au combat de Cholet . 1899.
Web links
literature
- Emmanuel Bénézit (term): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays, Volume 2 . New edition Grund, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-7000-3012-5 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boutigny, Paul-Émile |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1929 |
| Place of death | Paris |