Paul Édouard Rosset-Granger (9 July 1853 – 26 July 1934) was a French

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and portrait painter who adopted the academic style.

Biography

Rosset-Granger was born in 1853

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. He studied at the

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in Paris under

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and Alexis-Joseph Mazerolle. He painted portraits, landscapes and genre works, and also made illustrations for the press and publishing houses. From 1878, he exhibited mythological and genre works at the

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s and at the ''Sociéte nationale des beaux-arts'', receiving medals in 1889 and 1890. From 1906 to 1909, he worked with

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on decorating the town hall in

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. In 1900, he was invited to paint ''Le Train blue'' on a decorative panel for the

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restaurant in Paris. In their style, colour, composition and choice of subjects, Rosset-Granger's works benefited from his familiarity with

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, Boulanger and

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. From 1906, his studio was located at 45 ave de Villiers in the

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of Paris. He died on 26 July 1934 in his studio located at 17 Avenue Gourgaud in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.

Selected works

;Watercolours * ''Nu à la lampe à petrole''. * ''Nature morte à la lecture''. ;Oils * ''Orphée'' 1884. * ''La Cueillette des figues à Capri'' 1887. * ''Portrait de Mme R. D.'' 1896. * ''Tête de jeune paysanne''. 1896. * ''La somnambule''. 1897. * ''Portrait de A.B.''. 1900. * ''Portrait de Mt. G. S.'' 1906. * ''Portrait de peintre Alfred Agache''. 1980. * ''L'arrivée au châteu''. 1910. * ''Élegante assise''. 1910. ;Illustrations * ''Les Lettres et les arts. Revue illustré''. 1886ff. . * ''Gil Blas illustré''. 1893ff. . Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne - Orphée - Paul-Edouard Rosset-Granget.jpg, ''Orphée'' 1884
Musée des beaux-arts

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Édouard Rosset-Granger - La Cueillette des figues.jpg, ''La Cueillette des figues à Capri'' 1887

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, Musée Granet Rosset-Granger On the way to the ball.jpg, ''Dame dans un escalier'' Rosset Elégante.jpg, ''Élégante à l'éventail'' (c. 1910)

References

Bibliography

* Émmanuel Bénézit (Hrsg.): ''Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, scuzlpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays''. Grund, Paris 1999ff. * Louise Gaggini u.a.: ''Le train bleu''. PLUS Editions, Paris 1991, . * Sabrina da Conceiçao, Georges Barthe: ''Gypseries''. Creaphis, Paris 2005, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosset-Granger, Edouard 1853 births 1934 deaths People from Vincennes 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists 19th-century French male artists