Alexandre Cabanel, Self Portrait (1847). Alexandre Cabanel (28 September 1823 - 23 January 1889) was a French painter. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x1292, 118 KB)Alexandre Cabanel Self Portrait (1847) The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x1292, 118 KB)Alexandre Cabanel Self Portrait (1847) The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus...
September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ...
Life
Cabanel was born in Montpellier. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects. He was also well-known as a portrait painter. Montpellier (Occitan Montpelhièr) is a city in the south of France. ...
In 1845, the young artist won the Grand Prix de Rome. Cabanel was elected a member of the Institut 1863 and appointed professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in the same year.
Cabanel won the Grande Médaille d'Honneur at the Salons of 1865, 1867 and 1878.
He was closely connected to the Paris Salon: "He was elected regularly to the Salon jury and his pupils could be counted by the hundred at the Salons. Through them, Cabanel did more than any other artist of his generation to form the character of belle époque French painting" (Dictionary of Art (1996) vol. 5, pp. 341-344). Honoré Daumier satirized the bourgeoises scandalized by the Salons Venuses, 1864 The Paris Salon (French: Salon de Paris) is the official art exhibition of the Académie des beaux-arts in Paris, France. ...
A great academic painter, his "Birth of Venus" is one of the most known 19th century paintings. The picture was bought by the emperor Napoleon III and there´s a copy in the U.S.
Selected anthology of works
 The Birth of Venus (1863). |
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