Charles Giron
Charles Alexandre Giron (2 April 1850 – 9 June 1914) was a Swiss painter and art critic. He specialized in portraits and scenes with figures; some of them mildly humorous. Biography Giron was born on 2 April 1850 in Geneva. His father, Antoine-Alexandre Giron, was a Catholic from Spain, who came to Switzerland via Sardinia. His mother, Marie Henriod, was a Huguenot from Neuchâtel. Initially, he was apprenticed to an Overglaze decoration, enameler, but decided to become an artist instead. He began by taking lessons from François Diday and Barthélemy Menn in Geneva. In 1872, he went to Paris, where he frequented the Hôtel de Nice, a boarding house on the that was home to some painters from Switzerland. Later, he shared several studios with Max Leenhardt. His first exhibition at the Salon (Paris), Salon came in 1876 and consisted mostly of landscapes. Eventually, he found a position in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel at the École des Beaux-Arts. During his time in France ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]