Paul Lecomte (painter)

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Paul Lecomte (born April 25, 1842 in Paris , † 1920 ibid) was a French painter and watercolorist .

Life

Paul Lecomte was a student of the Versailles painter Émile-Charles Lambinet . From 1868 to 1912 he was regularly represented with paintings and watercolors in the Paris Salon . In 1882 it received an honorable mention, in 1888 a third class medal and finally a second class medal in 1895. It received an Honorable Mention at the World Exhibition of 1889 and a silver medal at the World Exhibition of 1900 .

In 1892 Lecomte joined the Société d'Aquarellistes francais .

He found the motifs of his numerous landscape paintings and seascapes mainly in the region of Ile-de-France , Brittany and Normandy . Further paintings were made in the Basque Country , southern France and England. Lecomte is considered to be one of the last representatives of the Barbizon School . Many of his watercolors also show the influence of Japonism .

His students include Louis Aimé Japy (1839–1916) , who was almost the same age, and his son Paul-Emile Lecomte (1877–1950).

Works (selection)

  • Le Pont-Neuf, Paris (Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse)
  • Personnages sur une place d'un petit village de pêche (Musée du Louvre, Paris), 1890, watercolor
  • Le Quai de l'Horloge à Paris (Petit Palais, Paris)
  • Dans les Marais de Longpré-les-Corps-Saints (private collection), 1892, 38.5 × 55 cm, watercolor

literature

  • Bénézit: Dictionnaire critique des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays par un groupe d'écrivains spécialistes français et étrangers. Nouvelle Édition. Tome 8: Köster à Magand . Éditions Gründ, Paris 1999 ( digitized version of the 1924 edition )
  • Saur: General artist lexicon. Bio-bibliographical index A – Z. Volume 6: Laborim-Michallet . KG Saur, Munich, Leipzig 2000
  • Harambourg: Dictionnaire des peitres paysagistes français au XIXe siècle . Editions Ides et Calendes, Neuchatel 1985

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personal data
SURNAME Lecomte, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 1920
Place of death Paris