Charles-Théodore Frère (21 June 1814, Paris – 24 March 1888) was a French
Orientalist painter. His younger brother,
Pierre-Édouard, and his nephew and namesake,
Charles Edouard Frère
Charles-Édouard Frère (July 10, 1837 – November 2, 1894) was a French painter of rural landscapes and daily life, known especially for paintings of horses and blacksmithing.
Upbringing in Écouen
Frère was born in Paris. He was the son of ...
, were also painters.
Biography
Painter of historical subjects, genre scenes, local scenes, landscapes (with figures) and seascapes; watercolourist and draughtsman. Orientalist.
The son of a Paris music publisher, Frère studied at the
École des Beaux-Arts under
Léon Cogniet and
Camille Roqueplan
Camille Joseph Etienne Roqueplan (18 February 1802/03, Mallemort - 29 September 1855, Paris) was a French Romantic painter of landscapes, genre and historical scenes.
Biography
From an early age, he displayed an aptitude for drawing, and would ...
.
On completing his studies, he travelled throughout France visiting
Alsace - where in Schlestadt (1871-1918/19 Schlettstadt, since 1920 Sélestat) he did probably his most early work among the today still existing and known works, maybe even his real earliest work (his debut), a little pencil drawing showing a rural farmhouse, signed (TH. FRÈRE), dated (1833) and entitled (Schlestadt) -,
Auvergne and
Normandy.
On returning to Paris, he exhibited ''Vue des Environs de Strasbourg'' at the 1834
Paris Salon
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. His exhibits at the Salon in subsequent years were nearly all Orientalist paintings as a result of several journeys to Africa and the
Near East
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Charles Théodore Frère exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1834 to 1881, participated in the Expositions Universelles of 1855, 1867 and 1878 in Paris and, up to and including 1887, in the Salon des Artistes Français.
He was awarded medals in 1848 and in 1865.
After a stay in
Algiers
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in 1836, he left with the army for
Constantine which was taken on 13 October 1837, returning to Paris in 1839. During his first trip to Algeria, he completed works for the
King of Württemberg. Around 1851, he undertook a further journey to the Near East, visiting Malta, Greece, Egypt and Turkey becoming one of the few artists to paint
Beirut,
Damascus
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and
Palmyra. In 1853, he established a studio in
Cairo, becoming the court painter there. The viceroy of Egypt elevated him to the rank of
bey.
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In 1869, he once again travelled to the Egypt, now as a member of Empress Eugénie's party, for the opening of the ]Suez Canal
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. She commissioned a series of watercolours which could not be delivered to her owing to the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. Instead they were given to her friend and pupil, the Marquis of Puisaye.
His painting "SUNSET ON THE NILE, 1877" has been exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1877 (Cat. Nr. 872), Collection Berko Fine Paintings - Belgium.
Selected works
*''Vue de la Ville de Constantine'' (1841)
*''La Prise de Constantine'' (1843)
*'' The temple of Philae''
*''Vue de la Mosquée Sidi Abd-Er-Raham''
*''Scène de marché au Caire'' (1864)
*''Le café Jalata à Contantinople'' (1865)
*''l’Ile de Philae'' (1865)
*''Scène de rue au Caire'' (1869)
*''Jérusalem vue de la vallée de Jéhosafat'' (c. 1881)
*''Sunset on the Nile'' (c. 1877)
(Narbonne) Femme orientale à la fontaine - Charles-Théodore Frère - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Narbonne.jpg, ''Oriental woman at the fountain'' - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Narbonne, 1838
Theodore Frere Scene in Cairo.jpg, ''Scène de marché au Caire'' (1864)
Theodore Frere City of Constantine.jpg, ''Vue de la Ville de Constantine'' (1841)
Theodore Frere Jerusalem from the Environs.jpg, ''Jérusalem vue de la vallée de Jéhosafat'' (c. 1881)
The temple of Philae.jpg, ''The temple of Philae'' (French collection)
References
Sources and bibliography
* Clarence Cook, ''Art et Artistes de notre temps'', 1888.
* Charles Stranahan, ''Histoire de la peinture française'', New York, Charles Scriner, 1888, p. 228.
* Lorinda Munson Bryant
Lorinda Munson Bryant (21 March 1855 − 13 December 1933) was an American writer and educator.
Biography
She was born near Granville, Ohio, in 1855 to Marvin M. Munson, a lawyer, and Emma Sabin Culbertson. In 1875, she married Charles W. Bryant, ...
, ''Images et peintres français'', London, T Fischer Unwin., 1923, p. 111.
* J. R. Soubiran, ''Le Paysage Provençal et l’École de Marseille avant les Impressionnistes, 1845-1874'', Musée de Toulon, 1992, pp. 94–95.
* ''Dictionnaire Bénézit'', Gründ, Paris, 1999.
* Marion Vidal-Bué, ''L’Algérie des peintres'', Éditions Paris-Méditerranée, 2002, pp. 144–7.
* Elisabeth Cazenave, ''L’Afrique du Nord révélée par les Musées de Province'', Edt, Bernard Giovangeli Association Abd el Tif, 2004, p. 49 and p. 483.
* Catherine Granger, ''L’Empereur et les arts, la liste civile de Napoléon III'', Edt de l’École des Chartes, 2005, p. 866.
* Ministère de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts; Direction des Beaux-Arts, ''Salon de 1877; 94e exposition officielle depuis l'année 1673'', Paris 1877, Cat. Nr. 872.
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19th-century French painters
French male painters
1814 births
1886 deaths
Painters from Paris
French orientalists
Orientalist painters
19th-century French male artists