Paul Armand Girardet - Jeune femme avec son chien 1897

Paul Armand Girardet (22 May 1859,

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- 1915) was a French painter and

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artist of Swiss ancestry.

Life and work

He came from a Swiss

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family. His father,

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, was a

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. His brothers, Jules, Eugène,

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and 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

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in Paris, with Alexandre Cabanel. He lived in

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and, in 1893, married the sculptor Berthe Imer. After 1898, exhibited at the salon of the

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. He specialized in color woodcuts; mainly producing views of landscapes and castles, such as the

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. His paintings were primarily

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scenes and landscapes.

Sources

* Marie Tripet: "Girardet, Paul Armand". In: Carl Brun (Ed.): ''Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon''. Vol.1: A–G. Huber & Co., Frauenfeld 1905, pg.586
Online
* "Girardet, Paul(-Armand)". In: Ulrich Thieme, Fred. C. Willis (Eds.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Vol.14: Giddens–Gress. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1921, pg.167
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* René Burnand: ''L’étonnante histoire des Girardet. Artistes suisses.'' La Baconnière, Neuchâtel 1940. * René Burnand: ''Les Girardet au Locle et dans le monde''. La Baconnière, Neuchâtel 1957. *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Girardet, Paul Armand 1859 births 1915 deaths 19th-century French painters Woodcut cutters Woodcut designers Artists from Versailles