Charles Angrand
Charles Angrand | |
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Born | Charles Théophile Angrand 19 April 1854 Criquetot-sur-Ouville, Normandy, France |
Died | 1 April 1926 Rouen, France | (aged 71)
Education | Académie de Peinture et de Dessin, Rouen |
Known for | Painting, drawing |
Movement | Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism (Pointillism) |
Charles Angrand (19 April 1854 – 1 April 1926) was a French artist who gained renown for his
Early life and work
Charles Théophile Angrand was born in Criquetot-sur-Ouville, Normandy, France, to schoolmaster Charles P. Angrand (1829–96) and his wife Marie (1833–1905).[1]
He received artistic training in
After being denied entry into École des Beaux-Arts, he moved to Paris in 1882, where he began teaching mathematics at
Art
Angrand's
Angrand's implementation of Pointillist techniques differed from that of some of its leading proponents. He painted with a more muted palette than Seurat and Signac, who used bright contrasting colours. As seen in Couple in the street, Angrand used dots of various colours to enhance shadows and provide the proper tone, while avoiding the violent colouration found in many other Neo-Impressionist works. His monochrome
Angrand exhibited his work in Paris at Les Indépendants, Galerie Druet, Galérie
Later years
In 1896 he moved to
Collections
Angrand's work is in many museum collections, including Ateneum (Finnish National Gallery),[14] Cleveland Museum of Art,[15] Hecht Museum,[12] Indianapolis Museum of Art,[16] Metropolitan Museum of Art,[9] Musée d'Orsay,[17] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[18] and Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.[6][19]
Influence
In 2010, LAVA [20] created the Charles Angrand (Artwork) Award, which has been awarded annually since 2011. The LAVA Awards are held annually to honor excellence in books relating to the principles of liberty, with the Charles Angrand Award being the grand prize award for artwork.
Gallery
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Le Pont De Pierre,
ca. 1880 -
The Guardian of Turkeys, 1881
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Feeding the Chickens, 1884
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Path in the Country,
ca. 1886 -
The Harvest, 1890
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The Little Farm, 1890
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The Harvesters, 1892
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Farmyard, 1892
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Le Petit Port
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Hay Ricks in Normandy
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Mother and Child
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Wheat
References
- ^ a b Clement, p. 311.
- ^ a b c d Turner, p. 3.
- ^ a b "Charles Angrand Biography". Olga's Gallery. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Clement, p. 309.
- ^ a b c Clement, p. 312.
- ^ a b "To Charles Angrand. Paris, Monday, 25 October 1886". Vincent van Gogh Letters. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ "Charles Angrand: The Western Railway at its Exit from Paris". National Gallery, London. Archived from the original on October 9, 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ Owens, Emilie (2009). "Masterpieces from Paris: Charles Angrand – Couple dans la rue". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Charles Angrand: Self-Portrait". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Metropolitan Museum of Art. October 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ "Jean Grave". The Anarchist Encyclopedia. Recollection Books. Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ a b Turner, p. 4.
- ^ a b "Angrand Charles". Hecht Museum. Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ "Le cimetière monumental à Rouen". Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ "Art Collections - Angrand, Charles". Finnish National Gallery. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ "End of the Harvest: Charles Angrand". Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ "Angrand, Charles". Indianapolis Museum of Art. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ "Charles Angrand: Antoine Sleeping". Musée d'Orsay. 2006. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ "Farmyard". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ "Angrand, Charles". Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ The Libertarian, Agorist, Voluntaryist and Anarch Authors and Publishers Association
Sources
- Clement, Russell T.; Houzé, Annick (1999). Neo-Impressionist Painters: a Sourcebook on Georges Seurat, Camille Pissarro, Paul Signac, Théo Van Rysselberghe, Henri Edmond Cross, Charles Angrand, Maximilien Luce, and Albert Dubois-Pillet. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-30382-7. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- Turner, Jane; Thomson, Richard (2000). The Grove Dictionary of Art: From Monet to Cézanne: Late 19th-Century French Artists. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-22971-2. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
Further reading
- Spiess, Dominique (1992). Encyclopedia of Impressionists: From the Precursors To the Heirs. Lausanne: Edita. ISBN 2-88001-289-9.
External links
- Signac, 1863-1935, a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, which contains material on Charles Angrand (see index)