Adrien Moreau
Adrien Moreau (18 April 1843 – 22 February 1906) was a French
Moreau was born in
He continued to exhibit at the salon until the end of his life, being awarded a silver medal in 1876 for "Repose at the farm". He also won silver medals at the
Moreau painted in oil (including Grisaille) and watercolour, and during his life became well known for his historical depictions of the French upper classes in past centuries, though he was equally at home in genre landscape paintings featuring peasants and their everyday life. He provided watercolor illustrations and drawings for books by authors such as Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Alphonse Daudet and Honoré de Balzac.[4] He also wrote a book on the history of his family called "Les Moreau" (1893).
He died in Paris in 1906. His work is represented in museums in Carcassonne, Nantes and Troyes. In 1996, his work "Gypsy dancer" sold for over 260,000 Euros at auction, while, in America, in April 2010, "Concert d'amateurs dans un atelier d'artiste" realised over $70,000.[5]
Notes
- ^ His debut work at the salon was "Puis ce Prophète s’en alla et un lion le rencontra et le tua" ("Then the prophet went out and a Lion met him and killed him", 1868)
- ^ Joseph Uzanne. "Figures contemporaines, tirées de l'album Mariani, vol. 8" (Paris: Libraire Henri Floury, 1903).
- ^ Amateur Concert in an Artist’s studio.
- ^ Moreau illustrated several works by Balzac such as Béatrix, The Magic Skin, The Woman of Thirty, Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées etc.
- ^ Art Daily (May 4, 2010).
External links and references
- 19th-Century French Oil Painting Emerges After 130 Years, Sells Immediately Amid Genre's Hot Demand
- Moreau biography (Rehs Gallery inc.)
- Moreau biography (FADA)
- The Archer of Charles IX (Grisaille painting)
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