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Germain Détanger (27 July 1846,
Germain Détanger (27 July 1846, Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
- 25 January 1902, Lyon) was a French painter, known primarily for his decorative work.
Biography
His father was a plaster contractor. He became a student of the decorative painterJoseph Guichard
Joseph Benoît Guichard (14 November 1806, Lyon - 31 May 1880, Lyon) was a French painter and art teacher who worked in a variety of styles.
Biography
His parents were the owners of a wallpaper shop. Around 1818, he began to study drawing at ...
at the École des Beaux-arts de Lyon in 1860. The following year, he studied portrait painting and graduated at the end of 1862. As early as 1865, he exhibited works in a wide variety of genres. He first had a showing at the Salon
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in 1892 and returned there in 1894. Two years later, he was named an Officer in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques.
In addition to his canvases, he did decorative works, many of a religious nature, including frescoes at the chapel of the convent in Tullins (1869). He also did restorative work at the church of Yssingeaux in 1893. Other churches where his work may be seen are in Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière, Saint-Chamond, Loire, Saint-Chamond, Anse, Rhône, Anse and Lalouvesc.
The chapel at the château of , a businessman and politician, near Montbrison, Loire, Montbrison, also contains his work. In 1899, he sketched designs for figures on the tombs of the Osias family at the Cemetery of Loyasse.
He was equally prolific in creating works of a non-religious nature; in the salons of the Montgolfier family, the naval steel mills at Saint-Chamond and at the prefecture building of the Rhône (department), Rhône Department.
Sources
* Obituary in ''L'Express de Lyon'', 26 January 1902 * ''Catalogue des ouvrages de peinture, dessin, sculpture et architecture. Exposition Nationale 1896. Ville de Montpellier'', printed by Serre et RoumégousExternal links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Detanger, Germain 1846 births 1902 deaths 19th-century French painters Recipients of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques French decorative artists Artists from Lyon