Émile Bin

Émile Jean-Baptiste Philippe Bin (10 February 1825 – 4 September 1897) was a French portraitist, mythology painter,

watercolorist

and politician.

Biography

He was born in Paris. His father, the painter Jean-Baptiste François Bin (c.1791-1849), often known as "Bin père," gave him his first art instruction. From the ages of twelve to fifteen, he studied with his uncle,

École des Beaux-arts in 1842. Three years later, he had his first exhibit at the Salon

.

As a staunch Republican, he fought on the barricades in 1848 and 1851.^[2] Later, he would refuse to paint a portrait of Napoleon III for the Town Hall of Montmartre, despite needing the money to support his family.^[1]

Decorative painting

He initially worked as a decorative painter, specializing in hotels throughout Paris and

International Exposition (1867), he collaborated on decorating the Egyptian Pavilion, designed by Jacques Drevet,^[3] for which he was awarded the Order of the Medjidie. In 1871, he received three commissions from Russia.^[1] He was a fervent admirer of the works of Michelangelo and Raphael, and visited Rome in 1866, accompanied by his star pupil and sometime collaborator, Joseph Blanc,^[2]

reinforcing his interest in historical and anecdotal scenes and his predilection for mythological nudes.

During the

anticlerical

and close to the extreme radical left.

He was named a Knight of the

Charles Léandre, Paul Milliet, Henri Rivière and Paul Signac

.

Political affairs

In 1883, he became Mayor of the

Jules Joffrin, who was running against Boulanger in the Legislative Elections^[6]

That same year, to mark the centenary of the French Revolution, he executed a twenty-canvas historical diorama in the Parc des Buttes Chaumont, covering events from the Storming of the Bastille to the departure of Léon Gambetta during the Siege.^[7]

Bin died on 4 September 1897 in Marly-la-Ville.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Félix Jahyer, "Émile Bin", Galerie contemporaine, #184, Paris, L. Baschet, (1879)
^ ^a ^b Paul Milliet, Une Famille de républicains fouriéristes, les Milliet, t. I, Paris, Giard et Brière, 1915, p. 270.
^ "L'exposition universelle de 1867", Le Figaro, 31 December 1866, p. 3.
^ Dossier @ the Base Léonore.
^ "Maire révoqué", Le Matin, 1 September 1889, p. 3.
^ "Les dessous d'une fraude", La Presse, 22 October 1889, p. 2.
^ "Le Musée historique", La Presse, 6 March 1889, p. 3. The titles of these works differ from those reported in Le Figaro (4 August 1889, p. 2)

External links

Biography @ Apophtegme
Photographs of Bin's works @ the Base Arcade: Persée et Andromède, Hercule, frappé de démence, tue ses enfants et Mégare, leur mère, Naissance d’Ève, Prométhée enchaîné, Heraklès Teraphonios - l'affût, L'Harmonie, La Rivière la Boivre, La Rivière le Clain, Plafond destiné à l'Hôtel de Ville de Poitiers.

[J-1] Félix Jahyer, "Émile Bin", Galerie contemporaine, #184, Paris, L. Baschet, (1879)

[M-2] Paul Milliet, Une Famille de républicains fouriéristes, les Milliet, t. I, Paris, Giard et Brière, 1915, p. 270.

[3] "L'exposition universelle de 1867", Le Figaro, 31 December 1866, p. 3.

[4] Dossier @ the Base Léonore.

[5] "Maire révoqué", Le Matin, 1 September 1889, p. 3.

[6] "Les dessous d'une fraude", La Presse, 22 October 1889, p. 2.

[7] "Le Musée historique", La Presse, 6 March 1889, p. 3. The titles of these works differ from those reported in Le Figaro (4 August 1889, p. 2)

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