Maurice Boitel à la villa Abd-el-Tif en 1946

Maurice Boitel (July 31, 1919 – August 11, 2007) was a French

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Artistic life

Boitel belonged to the art movement called "La Jeune Peinture" ("Young Picture") of the School of Paris,The School of Paris (1945–1965) by Lydia Harambourg. Dictionary of the painters. Collection Ides and Calendes with painters like Bernard Buffet,

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, Jansem,

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, Louis Vuillermoz, Pierre-Henry,

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, Gaston Sébire, Paul Collomb, Jean Monneret, Jean Joyet and Gaëtan de Rosnay.

A precocious vocation

He was born in

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'', in

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, from a Picard lawyer father, a member of the Saint Francis third order, and from a Parisian mother, of Burgundian ancestry. Until the age of twelve Maurice Boitel lived in Burgundy at

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. In this beautiful province his art reflected his major love of nature, and also the feeling of ''

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'' expressed in his works. He began drawing at the age of five.

Fine arts studies

Boitel studied at the Fine Arts schools of

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and of

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, cities where his parents lived for a few years. Then his family came back to Burgundy, to

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. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy of

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before fighting in a mountain light infantry platoon at the beginning of

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. He successfully sat the competitive examination to enter the National Academy of Fine Arts

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(Paris). In 1942 and 1943, during the most difficult period of the German occupation, in his studio located in the center of Paris he hid

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ish refugees, among them the journalist Henry Jelinek. A great number of his paintings from between 1942 and 1946 were bought by a

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collector and are still in

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Exhibitions, awards and "Salons"

*In 1946, he received the

Abd-el-Tif prize The Prix Abd-el-Tif (Abd-el-Tif prize) was a French art prize that was awarded annually from 1907–1961. It was modelled on the Prix de Rome, a scholarship that enabled French artists to stay in Rome. The award was devised in 1907 by Léonce B� ...

which enabled him to remain for two years in

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with Marie-Lucie, his wife, and his son. On his return from

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he exhibited in Paris in the exhibitions of the Young Painters,

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, Independent Artists,

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, the

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, and after, in the Salon du dessin et de la peinture à l'eau (drawing and water painting), the

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, Terre Latine (Latin land), the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts,

Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (SNBA; ; en, National Society of Fine Arts) was the term under which two groups of French artists united, the first for some exhibitions in the early 1860s, the second since 1890 for annual exhibitions. 1862 Es ...

, and with Comparisons,

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; until 2004, he was a member of these two last Societies' Committees. *In 1949 he presented an individual exhibition of his paintings of Algeria in the Gallery of the Elysée,

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(Paris), at that time the center of the European art trade. *In 1951, new individual exhibition in this same gallery; he also took part in a group exhibition in the Suillerot Gallery and topic exhibition, chaired by the producer Jacques Hébertot, within the framework of the Association of the Amateurs of painting. *In 1958, he received the

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award from the Town of Paris, and he had simultaneously an individual exhibition in the Modern Art Museum of the Town of Paris (

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) and in the Gallery Rene Drouet,

(Paris), where he presented biennial individual exhibitions during twenty years. *In 1959, he won the

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(Paris-London) award; *During the fifties, he was commissioned to decorate two educational state establishments: in

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(

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county ) and in

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(

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award, decreed by the National Society of Fine Arts, enabled him to exhibit all of his works at the Museum of Modern art of Paris. *In 1966, he received the Francis Smith award which offers a stay in Portugal ( Peniche, Óbidos). *In 1968, he received the French Artists Gold Medal and the Academy of Fine Arts decrees the Bastien Lepage Prize to him. *In 1980, the

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gave him the Dumas-Milliers award. *Different other awards come to crown his career of painter, among which the Grand-Prix (Great award) of the General Council of

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(1974), the Prize Roger Deverin watercolour decided by the Taylor Foundation (1984). *Individual exhibitions, in the museums of the following towns: Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1976,

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in 1977,

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in 1982,

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in 1993, enabled him to present in several rooms, of the retrospectives with large tables where appear of the compositions as well as landscapes of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, etc. *In 1990, the ''Salon d'Automne'' of Paris voted him a homage in three halls of the

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of Paris. *In 1999, President Jean Monneret and the Committee of the ''Salon des Indépendants'' of Paris invited him to present a retrospective of his works. *In 2003, the members of the National Society of Fine Arts (''

'') voted the Gold Medal to him. *In 2007, the committee of the

created the title of Member of Honour which was given to Maurice Boitel, as one of the most famous painters of the Salon, still alive. *In 2009, Boitel's paintings were shown in à "Art en capital" in the Grand Palais de Paris: two of Maurice Boitel' works: a watercolor in the Salon du dessin et de la peinture à l'eau, & an oil on canvas representing a factory in Crossas (

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, Limousin) in the hall dedicated to the members of the

. *In 2010, 26 paintings of Maurice Boitel were shown in the king-count hall of the castle-museum of Boulogne-sur-Mer with six paintings of his friends among whom Bernard Buffet in May; 12 paintings in the Patio of the council hall of

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(surrounding of Paris) in September; 2 paintings in the Grand Palais de Paris in November; one painting in the Carrousel du Louvre (Paris) in December, organized by the

. *In 2011, he exhibited in the museum of

(capital of the wine of

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). He was the guest of honor in several exhibitions of painting like:

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(1980), Blois (1983),

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(1984), Villeneuve-le-Roi (1984), Yvetot (1986), Alfortville (1987), Bourges (1987), Saumur (1987), Metz (1991), Limoges (1992), Tours (1992).

Friends

Among his closest friends were the painters

, Gabriel Deschamps, Louis Vuillermoz, Pierre-Henry, André Vignoles, Pierre Gaillardot, Rodolphe Caillaux,

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, Bernard Buffet, André Hambourg,

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, Paul Collomb, composer

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, and the two brothers Ramon and Antoni Pitxot. Family links: Henri Corblin ( Corblin Burton),

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(

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), Olivier Lazzarotti ( université d'Amiens).

Death

Maurice Boitel died on August 11, 2007, in Audresselles,

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Legacy

The municipality of

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gave its name to the walk which surrounds the lake Daumesnil in 2014 and the municipality of Audresselles in the path which lines the

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in 2008. Some municipalities gave the name of Maurice Boitel to a street or a monument: *in

: "Promenade Maurice Boitel" of a mile and half long, around the Daumesnil lake, Paris 12th arrondissement. *in

:marble panel on the wall of the building where he had his studio: "Here lived and worked Maurice Boitel,..." *in Audresselles (

), along the sea-side, "Maurice boitel allee". * In Conches-sur-Gondoire (center of

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), along the church, "espace familial Maurice Boitel" ( familial leisure space Maurice Boitel). * The council of

Haute-Vienne Haute-Vienne (; oc, Nauta Vinhana, ; English: Upper Vienne) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve departments that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitai ...

, gave the name of Maurice Boitel to the city hall square. The inauguration occurred on August 11, 2017. The town council ordered the reproduction on canvas of ten pictures of the painter, for decorating the town buildings. They are exhibited in the townhall from August 1 to October 15, 2017.

Locations of the paintings

The "Municipal Fund contemporary art" of the city of Paris hold about 30 pictures of Maurice Boitel. Art connoisseurs from Great Britain, United States, Germany, Switzerland, Brazil, Iran, Japan, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Mexico, etc., acquired many paintings, as well as the French State and the Town of Paris. Some of his works may be seen in museums of the following towns: Dijon, St-Maur des fossés, Sceaux, Valence, Algiers,

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in particular and also in the town council hall of Paris and in French embassies around the world. Ceramics and frescoes (1953 and 1955): *

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school, in

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county ) * and Jean-Charles Gatinot school, in

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. From 1952 to 1965, his landscapes were very constructed, the objects defined by black contours with some flat tints in the knife. During this period, he initially painted close to his home in Paris and

and also the

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sober and dark paintings of storms, of boats on the beach, ruins of the war. He also painted characters: clowns, poultry stockbreeders, sailors. Then, from 1958 to 1965, he painted in Cadaqués (Spain) every summer. It is always the same style, firmly framed, but where pass the light and the colors sharp of the Mediterranean (landscapes, navy, portraits, crowd on the beach). From 1965, his work remained structured but contours disappear. He painted many watercolours, in particular in

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, in Italy and in Sancerrois. Each year, he visited the Cape Gris-Nez, in Audresselles, or in

, in the

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. The Paris area, where he usually resided, also provided him many subjects (Montmartre, the

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, islands of the Seine river, the Marne, Guermantes and Conches-sur-Gondoire ). During the eighties, he tended to evoke an idealized reality.

Notes

Bibliography

Site dedicated to Maurice Boitel's work

Site dedicated to orientalist painters
* Bénézit "dictionary of artists" in French (ed.1976 and following), in English (ed. April 2006). * Catalogue Museum of Boulogne-sur-Mer (1976). * Young Painting (1941–1961) by Guy Vignoht. Collection Ground of the Painters - Presses of Workshop B.P.C. (1985). * Surroundings of the

Marne Marne can refer to: Places France *Marne (river), a tributary of the Seine *Marne (department), a département in northeastern France named after the river * La Marne, a commune in western France *Marne, a legislative constituency (France) Nethe ...

and their painters, by Michel Riousset. Press Lienhart printing works and Co (1986). * The

School of Paris The School of Paris (french: École de Paris) refers to the French and émigré artists who worked in Paris in the first half of the 20th century. The School of Paris was not a single art movement or institution, but refers to the importance ...

(1945–1965) by Lydia Harambourg. Dictionary of the painters. Collection Ides and Calendes (1993) Switzerland. * Art Gallery collection Japanese woman 1997 - printed in Japan * Promenade autour de l'Art contemporain (walk around

contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...

), by Jean Monneret, 2001, ed. SAI

, Paris. * "Voyages en Italie, carnet de croquis de Maurice Boitel" collection terre des peintres - 3 avenue Percier 75008 Paris - ed. Compagnie Internationale de Banque.

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