Louis Guingot

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Louis Guingot (3 January 1864–16 December 1948) was a French mural painter and founding member of the École de Nancy (the Nancy School). He was the first French camoufleur in the First World War, credited as the inventor of military camouflage for the French army. In 1914, he created a prototype camouflaged battledress for the French army, which it rejected, only to take up the idea later for artillery guns.

Early life

Louis Guingot was born at

Manufacture des Gobelins, who included him in his team to participate in the decoration of the Panthéon in Paris and many buildings and castles in Central Europe until 1889. The director of the Théâtre des Variétés then made him its chief decorator for three years.[2]

He married Marie Lambert in 1892 before joining the circle of artists in Nancy. He then spent time with Émile Gallé, painter of the Art Nouveau movement and founder with Louis Majorelle of the Nancy school of painting in 1901. The painter had his villa La Chaumière built by the architects Weissenburger of the Rue d'Auxonne in Nancy. His garden, with structures decorated by many artists of the school of Nancy, was visited by Sisowath, King of Cambodia, and his delegation in July 1906.[2]

Mural painter

"The Balloon Flight" by Louis Guingot, 1902. In the balloon are Guingot, the artist Émile Friant, the inventor Henri Belliéni [fr], and the mayor of Nancy, Hippolyte Maringer [fr]

Guingot's training as a painter led him to the mural decoration of public and religious buildings in his region, such as the theatres of Verdun, Lunéville and Bussang. He notably painted three frescoes in the church of Vaubexy in around 1900. He worked on the decoration of restaurants and castles such as the chateau of Manoncourt-sur-Seille (Château Colin) in Lorraine,[3] the Vittel casino, the Charmes brasserie, the ceiling of the town hall of Épinal, and the jam factory in Liverdun.[4]

He was a member of the steering committee of the Nancy School from 1901. His work was selected for the portico of the Palais des Fêtes for the Nancy International Exhibition in 1909. Among his other functions, he was chief decorator of the Théâtre des Variétés in Montmartre. He worked as decorator of the Théâtre du Peuple in Bussang, being a close friend of Maurice Pottecher and chief decorator of the Lunéville theatre.[5] He worked with René Wiener [fr] on the creation of bindings. His son Henri Guingot (1897-1952) was curator of the Musée d'Épinal and co-founder of the Musée de l'Imagerie.[6]

Camoufleur

Further information: List of camoufleurs
Louis Guingot's 1914 prototype "Leopard" pattern camouflage jacket, sent to and returned by the French army, minus a rectangle cut out as a sample

Guingot was interested in new decorative processes for fabrics and hangings, which led him to seek a

Guirand de Scévola.[2][12][13][14]

Death and legacy

He is buried in Bouxières-aux-Dames near Nancy in Lorraine. His former house has been converted to flats, but its original facade survives.

Principal works

  • Camouflage materials, displayed at the
    Musée Lorrain
    , Nancy
  • Frescoes of the four seasons for the Château of Manoncourt-sur-Seille in Meurthe-et-Moselle
  • Frescoes in the choir of the church of Vaubexy in the Vosges
  • Painting at Musée français de la brasserie in Saint-Nicolas-de-Port[15]
  • Arbre (Tree), first half of 20th century. Musée départemental d'art ancien et contemporain, Épinal [16]
  • Paravent (Screen), c. 1900. Musée départemental d'art ancien et contemporain, Épinal [17]

References

  1. ^ Martan (1864). "Vosges (88)". Guide National des Maisons Natales (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Conte, Albert. "Biography of Louis Guingot". lay-saint-christophe.fr. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  3. ^ The Guingot Frescoes, chateau-de-manoncourt.com
  4. ^ a b Thiery 2007.
  5. ^ Testimony of Louis Guingot to Albert Conte. Correspondence with the staff of the Lunéville Theatre. Notice of the Château de Lunéville
  6. ^ Testimony of Mercédès Guingot to Albert Conte: she was the widow of Henri Guingot, and her biography. Musée départemental d'art ancien et moderne d'Epinal: Collection Guingot 2010
  7. ^ a b Testimony of Louis Guingot to Albert Conte. Biography of the artist by the latter "Louis Guingot and the others" 1996 and 2013, deposited in the Departmental Archives of Meurthe and Moselle-54
  8. ISSN 2262-5445
    . Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  9. doi:10.3917/gmcc.227.0007
    .
  10. ^ "The true story of Louis Guingot". L'Est Républicain. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  11. ^ Musée Lorrain, Nancy: donations
  12. ^ Renaud, Marie (13 April 2014). "Rencontre: Une histoire de veste" [Encounters: The Story of a Jacket]. Le Républicain Lorrain. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Louis Guingot: Veste de camouflage" [Louis Guingot: Camouflage Jacket] (in French). Museum of Lorraine. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  14. ^ Rivat, Anthony (22 December 2019). "En 1914, Louis Guingot invente le camouflage de guerre" [In 1914, Louis Guingot invents military camouflage]. Vosges Matin (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Musée Français de la Brasserie". Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  16. ^ Image and description at Musée numérique des Vosges
  17. ^ Image and description at Musée numérique des Vosges

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