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Girardet is a surname. Articles include: * Edward Girardet (born 1951), American journalist * Frédy Girardet (born 1936), Swiss chef * Herbert Girardet (born 1943), German-born British environmentalist and author * Raoul Girardet (1917-2013), French historian * Véronique Girardet (born 1965), French sport shooter * The Girardet family of artists ** Abraham Girardet (1764-1823), Swiss engraver ** Alexandre Girardet (1767–1836), Swiss engraver ** Abraham Louis Girardet (1772-1821), Swiss engraver ** Charles Samuel Girardet (1780-1863), Swiss engraver and lithographer *** Karl Girardet (1813-1871), Swiss-French engraver *** Edouard Girardet (1819–1880), Swiss-French engraver and painter **** Henri Girardet (1848–1917), Swiss-French lithographer and painter *** Paul Girardet (1821–1893), Swiss-French engraver **** Eugène Girardet (1853-1907), French painter **** Jules Girardet (1856-1938), French painter **** Léon Girardet (1856-1895), French painter, Jules' twin b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Girardet
Edward Reinhard Girardet is an American journalist, editor, author and adventurer born in White Plains, New York on 24 March 1951. He is currently based between Bangkok, Thailand and Geneva, Switzerland, where he is editor of ''Global Geneva'' magazine, a print and online publication stressing quality journalism and focusing on so-called 'International Geneva' themes, such as humanitarian response, conflict mediation, climate change and Sustainable Development Goals. Early life and education Having lived much of his youth in the United States, Bahamas, Canada and Germany, Girardet completed his high school education at Clifton College, a British public school in Bristol, UK, and then Nottingham University, where he studied German literature. On graduating, he went to Paris to become a foreign correspondent. Professional As a reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, '' U.S. News & World Report'' and the PBS MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour but now other media, he has covered wars and hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edouard Girardet
Edouard-Henri Girardet (21 July 1819, Neuchâtel - 5 March 1880, Versailles) was a Swiss-born French painter and engraver. Life and work He was born to the engraver, Charles Samuel Girardet. His brothers, Paul and Karl, also became engravers and painters, as did his sons, Henri, Pierre (1850–1884), Robert (1851–1900) and Max (1857–1927). In 1822, his family moved to Paris. He was already involved in woodcutting around 1828. Three years later, he took classes in ornamental sculpting at the "École Royale Gratuite de Dessin" in Paris. From 1836, he worked on creating drawings for ''Les Galeries Historiques de Versailles'', by . During this time, he took painting lessons from his brother, Karl. In 1839, he went back to Switzerland, where he created scenes from the Bernese Oberland; the first in a long series of rural genre paintings. In 1842, he and Karl took trip to Egypt, where he produced some Orientalist works. Following their trip, he went to live in Brienz, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Armand Girardet
Paul Armand Girardet (22 May 1859, Versailles - 1915) was a French painter and woodcut artist of Swiss ancestry. Life and work He came from a Swiss Huguenot family. His father, Paul Girardet, was a copper engraver. His brothers, Jules Girardet, Jules, Eugène Girardet, Eugène, Léon Girardet, Léon and Théodore Girardet, Théodore, as well as his sister, Julia Antonine (1851-1921), also became painters or engravers. His first drawing lessons came from his father. He then studied with the illustrator and woodcut artist, . He then learned oil painting at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, with Alexandre Cabanel. He lived in Neuilly-sur-Seine and, in 1893, married the sculptor Berthe Girardet, Berthe Imer. After 1898, exhibited at the salon of the Société des Artistes Français. He specialized in color woodcuts; mainly producing views of landscapes and castles, such as the Palace of Versailles. His paintings were primarily Genre art, genre scenes and lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Girardet
Léon Girardet (10 April 1856, Versailles - 3 December 1895, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French painter and engraver of Swiss ancestry. Life and work He came from a Swiss Huguenot family. His father, Paul Girardet, was a copper engraver. His brothers, Jules Girardet, Jules, Eugène Girardet, Eugène, Paul Armand Girardet, Paul Armand and Théodore Girardet, Théodore, as well as his sister, Julia Antonine (1851-1921), also became painters or engravers. His initial artistic studies were at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, with Alexandre Cabanel. From 1878 to 1879, he accompanied his parents on a trip to Algeria, in hopes of improving his poor health. He returned there again in 1880, with Eugène und Jules. These trips resulted in a number of Orientalism, Orientalist paintings, inspired by Eugène's works. Most of his paintings were anecdotal Genre art, genre scenes, intended for a middle-class audience. As such, they are very relaxed in mood and tone; depi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Girardet
Jules Girardet (10 April 1856, in Versailles – 25 January 1938, in Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French painter and illustrator of Swiss ancestry. Biography He came from a Swiss Huguenot family. His father was the engraver, Paul Girardet. He studied at the École des Beaux-arts and in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel. After several trips to North Africa with his brother Eugène, a noted Orientalist painter, he chose instead to concentrate on genre scenes and history painting. Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse The Paris Commune, Commune and were favorite topics. He married in 1881 and built a house wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Girardet
Eugène Alexis Girardet (31 May 1853 – 5 May 1907) was a French Orientalist painter of Swiss ancestry. Biography He came from a Swiss Huguenot family. His father was the engraver Paul Girardet. His siblings, Jules, Léon, Paul Armand, Théodore and Julia Antonine (1851-1921), all became artists. After learning engraving from his father, he studied at the École des Beaux-arts and in the studios of Jean-Léon Gérôme, who encouraged him to visit North Africa in 1874. Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse. He also spent some time in Spain. In all, he made eight trips to Algeria after 1879 (some with Jules and Léon), especially to the south, around the oases of , |
Paul Girardet
Paul Girardet (8 March 1821, Neuchâtel - 28 February 1893, Paris) was a Swiss-born French copper engraver. Life and work He came from a Swiss Huguenot family, and his father was the engraver, Charles Samuel Girardet. His brothers, Edouard Girardet, Edouard and Karl Girardet, Karl, also became artists. Like them, he received his first art lessons from his father, but was interested only in copper engraving, which he worked hard to perfect. He also took courses in drawing at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His works first appeared in ''Le Magasin Universel'' in 1839. Three years later, he took part in his first exhibition, with four mezzotint, mezzotints. After this success, his reputation was firmly established. His subject matter ranged from simple Genre art, genre scenes, to complex depictions of battles. His works include engraved versions of the paintings of numerous well-known artists, such as Horace Vernet, Paul Delaroche and Joseph Nicolas Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Girardet
Léopold-Henri Girardet (21 September 1848, Brienz - 10 December 1917, Neuchâtel) was a French-Swiss painter, sculptor, engraver, and lithographer. Life and work He was born to a family of artists; which included his father, Edouard, and his uncles Karl and Paul. His brothers, Pierre (1850–1884), Robert (1851–1900) and Max (1857–1927), also became painters of some note. In 1857, when he was only nine, his family moved to Paris. His initial lessons in drawing came from his father. Much of his career would be spent providing illustrations for the publisher and art dealer, Adolphe Goupil; especially for his journal, ''Le Magasin Pittoresque''. Although he was based in Paris, he spent most of his time travelling; throughout France, Italy and North Africa. After 1874, he was a regular participant in exhibitions at the Salon. In 1887, financial considerations forced him to return to Switzerland. At first, he lived in Brienz, then moved to Neuchâtel. In addition to genre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Girardet
Karl Girardet (born Charles Girardet; 7 May 1813, in Le Locle – 24 April 1871, in Versailles) was a Swiss painter and illustrator, who lived and worked mostly in Paris. After beginning his career as a landscape painter, he became a renowned history painter as well as a confidant to King Louis Philippe I and an official court painter.Sylvain Bauhofer (1998): Life Girardet was born on 7 May 1813 in Le Locle, now in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, as the eldest son of engraver Charles Samuel Girardet, His brothers Paul and Édouard also became artists. After 1822, he lived in Paris, where he studied painting with Léon Cogniet, and began his career as a genre painter. On a study trip to Switzerland in 1833–35, he made the acquaintance of the aristocratic painter Maximilien de Meuron, by whose influence he obtained commissions for two panoramas of Lausanne. In 1836, he presented his first exhibits in the Salon of Paris and started working as a copyist for the French ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédy Girardet
Frédy Girardet (born 17 November 1936) is a Swiss chef who cooks in the French tradition. Often considered one of the greatest chefs of the 20th Century, his self-named restaurant in Crissier, Switzerland (near Lausanne, Switzerland) earned three Michelin stars and before Girardet's retirement in 1996 was often called the greatest restaurant in the world. Biography Girardet was born to Benjamin and Georgette Girardet in Lausanne, Switzerland. His father cooked for years in Hôtel Central Bellevue in Lausanne, before opening a bistro in Crissier, Switzerland, a small town nearby. Girardet was an athletic child, playing amateur association football (soccer). Although he apprenticed at Le Grand Chêne, a restaurant in Lausanne, his ambition was to become a professional soccer player. During a wine-buying tour of Burgundy for his father's restaurant, a vintner took him to La Maison Troisgros in Roanne. Girardet describes the meal, his first at a renowned restaurant, as a spiritu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Samuel Girardet
Charles Samuel Girardet (24 November 1780, Le Locle - 16 January 1863, Versailles) was a Swiss engraver and lithographer, who spent much of his life in Paris. Life and work He was born to Samuel Girardet (1730–1807), a bookseller and publisher, and his wife, Marie-Anne, née Bourquin. His siblings, Abraham, Abraham Louis, Alexandre and Julie (1769–1817), also became engravers. He and his brothers studied engraving together. In 1805, he went to Paris to join Abraham, who helped provide the financial assistance he needed to complete his training and get started. In 1812, he was introduced to lithography and illustrated the ''Histoires de la Bible'', by Johann Hübner. In 1813, he returned to his hometown, and was active there until 1822.Girardet, Charles Samuel by Lucie Girardin-Cestone, in the '' |
Abraham Louis Girardet
Abraham Louis Girardet (27 May 1772, Le Locle - 31 October 1821, Les Planchettes) was a Swiss etcher, engraver and Portrait miniature, miniaturist. Life and work He was born to Samuel Girardet (1730–1807), a bookseller and publisher, and his wife Marie-Anne, née Bourquin. His siblings, Abraham Girardet, Abraham, Charles Samuel Girardet, Charles Samuel, Alexandre Girardet, Alexandre and Julie (1769-1817), also became engravers. He studied painting and graphic design together with his brothers. His works were signed as "Ab-Ls G." or "A.L.G.", to distinguish him from the elder Abraham. He travelled extensively; to France, the Netherlands, and Germany. From 1789, in addition to the usual scenic views, he created numerous portraits of members of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly, and satirical illustrations. He also created miniature portraits, as well as hand stamps, for sealing, and engraved tableware. In 1804, he developed the first symptoms of mental illness. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
