Théodore Girardet

Théodore-Octave Girardet (born September 22, 1861 in Versailles , † January 29, 1935 in Sainte-Maxime ) was a French draftsman, wood cutter and graphic artist.

Théodore Armand Girardet came from a Swiss Huguenot family of engravers and painters. His father Paul Girardet was an engraver. His brothers Jules , Eugène , Léon and Paul Armand and his sister Julia Antonine also became artists.

He studied painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel , but then decided on woodcutting and entered the studio of Eugène Froment ; he was also a student of Auguste Trichon . He settled in Paris and specialized in his own studio in woodcut illustrations for newspapers and magazines such as Le Monde illustré , L'Illustration and Le Tour du Monde ; often as reproductions based on designs by his brother-in-law Eugène Burnand or other relatives. His studio was also active in the advertising industry, which led him to considerable wealth.

literature

• M.Tripet: Girardet, Théodore-Octave . In: Carl Brun (Ed.): Swiss Artist Lexicon . Volume 1: A-G. Huber & Co., Frauenfeld 1905, p. 586 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Girardet, Théodore . 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. 168 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• René Burnand: L'étonnante histoire des Girardet. Artistes suisses. La Baconnière, Neuchâtel 1940.
• René Burnand: Les Girardet au Locle et dans le monde . La Baconnière, Neuchâtel 1957.
• Renate Treydel: Girardet, Théodore . 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. 192.

Web links

• Lucie Girardin-Cestone: Girardet, Théodore-Octave. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Girardet, Théodore-Octave. In: Sikart