Raphaël Drouart

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Maurice Raphaël Drouart (born March 25, 1884 in Choisy-le-Roi , France , † 1972 in Nogent-sur-Marne , France) was a French printmaker .

Life

Raphaël Drouart first studied at the painting school Atelier Cormon with the painter Fernand Cormon , then with the painter of symbolism and co-founder of the artist group Les Nabis , Maurice Denis .

Drouart began to work as a printmaker in 1914 shortly before the First World War , but was only successful after the war in 1918. He mastered all techniques of printmaking such as etching , copper engraving , mezzotint , relief and lithography and exhibited at the Paris salons from 1919.

In the 1920s Drouart worked as an illustrator for numerous authors, for example aquatint for the artist book Le Cantique Des Cantiques from 1925 and 20 wood engravings for the work Le Meillieur Ami by the author René Boylesve .

Drouart belonged to the artist group L'Evolution , founded by the Éditeur d'art (art publisher) and sculptor Arthur Goldscheider in the early 1920s with representatives of Art Deco , whose work Goldscheider exhibited in 1925 at the Paris Exposition internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern .

In 1931 Drouart published a portfolio with 26 of his lithographs that he had made in the 1920s.

Works (selection)

  • Mater Dolorosa , 1924, Museum of Modern Art
  • Femme au serpent, femme au tigre , 1925–1930
  • Les Éphèbes , 1925-1930
  • Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe , 1926
  • Femme au bain (Cahout)
  • Deux Noires , 1931
  • Bain de soleil au large
  • Les Trois Graces
  • La Negresse
  • Le Source Decouverte
  • Parfum Exotique , 1923

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Raphael Drouart (French, 1884–1972). In: annexgalleries.com
  2. ↑ a b J. R. Thomé: Peintres-Graveurs Contemporains. Catalog de l'Oeuvre Gravé de Raphaël Drouart, 1937. Thierry Lefrancois, Catalog complet de son Oeuvre Gravé, 1990.
  3. ^ Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider: Goldscheider. Company history and catalog raisonné. Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1950s. Arnold, Stuttgart 2007. ISBN 978-3-89790-216-9 , 640 pp.
  4. ^ Raphael Drouart, Mater Dolorosa In: moma.org
  5. ↑ a b c d e Raphael Drouart (French, 1884–1972). In: artnet
  6. ↑ Publication: Les poèmes d'Edgar Poe. In: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  7. ^ A b Maurice Raphael Drouart. In: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  8. ^ Maurice Raphael Drouart - French, 1884-1972 , Brooklyn Museum
  9. ↑ Martin Heusser: Volume 3 of Word & image interactions. Rodopi, 1999, ISBN 9-04200-736-2 , p. 222.
personal data
SURNAME Drouart, Raphaël
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drouart, Maurice Raphaël (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French printmaker
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Choisy-le-Roi , France
DATE OF DEATH 1972
Place of death Nogent-sur-Marne , France