Louis Ferdinand Antoni

French painter den engraver (1872-1940)

Louis Ferdinand Antoni (15 November 1872, Bastia – 14 December 1940, Algiers) na he be French Orientalist painter den sculptor.

Louis-Ferdinand Antoni
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Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Country wey e be citizenFrance Edit
Name wey dem give amLouis Edit
Family nameAntoni Edit
Ein date of birth15 November 1872 Edit
Place dem born amBastia Edit
Date wey edie14 December 1940 Edit
Place wey edieAlgiers Edit
SpouseMarie Gautier Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signFrench Edit
Ein occupationpainter Edit
Educate forBeaux-Arts de Paris, Graduate School of Fine Arts of Algiers Edit
Student ofHippolyte Dubois, Léon Bonnat Edit
Work period (start)1908 Edit
Work period (end)1937 Edit
Copyright status as creatorcopyrights on works have expired Edit
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Biography

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Not long after ein birth, ein family move from Corsica to Algeria. Der, he study for de Collège St-Charles insyd Blida, then for de Lycée insyd Algiers. Na he dey der for a short time per before he transfer to de Ecole des Beaux-Arts d'Alger, wer na he study plus Hippolyte Dubois. Insyd 1892, he obtain a scholarship wey enable am make he study insyd Paris; for de École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, den insyd de studios of Léon Bonnat. Na ein primary artistic influences be Eugène Delacroix den de Impressionists.

After he lef Paris, he return to Algeria, wer he exhibit insyd de local salons, buh he sanso participate insyd showings for de Salon des Artistes Français. Insyd 1906, he marry de artist, Marie Gautier (c.1870–?), wey introduce am to de art of color engraving. Dis soon cam turn ein primary enthusiasm, wey he produce chaw etchings wey na dem publish insyd France. After dis, he exhibit exclusively plus de Société nationale des beaux-arts.

Insyd 1909, na dem award am a grant make he travel thru out French West Africa; wey he visit Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Senegal den Timbuktu, insyd de French Sudan. Na ebe a very busy, fruitful period wey produce chaw etchings den canvases. Dey follow dis trip, he return to Paris make he study fresco painting.

Insyd 1912, na dem appoint am Professor of Decorative Arts for ein alma mater, de École des beaux-arts, wey na he hold dat position til ein death. Two years later, he enlist as a soldier wey na he wound insyd battle, for wich na dem decorate am plus de Legion of Honor. After de death of Léon Cauvy, insyd 1933, he cam turn de École ein Director.

Dem fi see ein works for de Musée National des Beaux-Arts d'Alger, Ahmed Zabana National Museum, den de Musée du Luxembourg.

Sources

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  • Marion Vidal-Bué, Alger et ses peintres 1830-1962, éditions Paris Méditerranée, 2000 ISBN 978-2-8427-2095-7
  • Elisabeth Cazenave, Les artistes de l'Algérie, Bernard Giovanangeli, éditions Association Abd-el-Tif, 2001 ISBN 978-2-916929-27-9
  • Biography by Robert Randau @ the Cercle Algérianiste
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