Georges Cain
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Georges-Jules-Auguste Cain (16 April 1856, Paris - 4 March 1919, Paris) was a French painter, illustrator and writer, who specialized in the history of Paris, its monuments and its theaters.
Biography
His grandfather,
Jean-Georges Vibert, but was most heavily influenced by Édouard Detaille. In 1878, he made his debut at the Salon with Fumeur de l'époque Louis XV (Smoker from the Time of Louis XV
) and continued to exhibit there on a regular basis until 1900.
He illustrated the La Cousine Bette and La Bourse. His works may be seen in the Musée Baron Gérard in Bayeux, the Musée de Picardie in Amiens, and the Musée Carnavalet in Paris,[1] where he served as Curator from 1897 to 1914.
His brother
librettist
.
A square in
Le Marais, near the Musée Carnavalet, has been named in his honor.[2]
Selected writings in English
- Nooks and Corners of Old Paris, with a preface by Victorien Sardou, translated by Frederick Lawton, E. G. Richards (1907), reprinted by the University of Michigan Library
- Walks in Paris, translated by Alfred Allinson, Macmillan (1909)
- The Byways of Paris, translated by Louise Seymour Houghton, Duffield (1912)
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Georges Cain.
- Works by Georges Cain at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Georges Cain at Internet Archive
- Short biography and photograph from Nos peintres et sculpteurs, graveurs, dessinateurs..., Sociétés de Beaux-Arts, (1897) @ Open Library
- ArtNet: More works by Cain
- Illustrations from La Cousine Bette, @ Gallica
- Books by Cain @ the Library of Congress
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