Paul Girardet (engraver)

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Paul Girardet (born March 8, 1821 in Neuchâtel , † February 28, 1893 in Versailles ) was a French engraver of Swiss origin.

Life

Girardet came from a Swiss Huguenot family and was the son of the engraver Charles Girardet (1780–1863); his brother was the painter and engraver Edouard Girardet (1819–1880). Like his brother, he received his first artistic lessons in Paris from his father; But was only interested in the copperplate engraving, which he perfected with all artistic possibilities.

In 1842 Girardet took part in an exhibition for the first time with four sheets in mezzotint . After this successful debut, he was able to shine with reproductions of well-known pictures over the years. His range spans from simple subjects of genre painting to the political message of battle painting .

He was married to Louise Alexandrine, geb. Sandoz. Her sons Léon , Jules , Eugène , Paul Armand and Théodore and their daughter Julia Antonine also became artists.

Works (selection)

• The battle of Isly and the first mass in Kabylia (after Horace Vernet ).
• Good Friday (after Paul Delaroche ).
• Battle of Rivoli (after Félix Philippoteaux )
• The Religious Discussion of Poissy, 1561 (after Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury )
• Battle of Fredericia (after Niels Simonsen )
• The happy mother (after Anton Dieffenbach )
• Transition Washington the Delaware (after Emanuel Leutze )
• The golden wedding (after Ludwig Knaus )
• The wedding procession in Strasbourg (after Gustave Brion )
• Appel des dernières victimes de la terreur dans le prison de Saint-Lazare (after Charles Louis Müller )

literature

• M.Tripet: Girardet, Paul . In: Carl Brun (Ed.): Swiss Artist Lexicon . Volume 1: A-G. Huber & Co., Frauenfeld 1905, p. 585 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Girardet, Paul . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 167 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• René Burnand: L'étonnante histoire de Girardet. Artistes suisses . La Baconnière, Neuchâtel 1940.
• Renate Treydel: Girardet, Paul . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 55, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22795-0 , p. 191.

Web links

Commons : Paul Girardet  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files