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Nicolas Sicard (9 January 1846,
His father was an apothecary and amateur painter who gave him his first lessons. His first drawings were promising and, at the age of twelve, he entered the École des Beaux-arts de Lyon, where he studied engraving with and . In 1861, he won first prize at a painting and lithography contest held by the "Société des Amis des Arts".
From 1865 to 1868, he worked as an illustrator and was a decorative painter for the workshops of Documentation
@ the Base Léonore. Due to weakening eyesight, he resigned his position at the École in 1918 and died two years later. A major retrospective of his work was held in 1997 and a street near his studio has been named after him.
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Lyon
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- 1 January 1920, Lyon) was a French painter; known primarily for historical and battle scenes, although he worked in a wide variety of genres.
Biography
His father was an apothecary and amateur painter who gave him his first lessons. His first drawings were promising and, at the age of twelve, he entered the École des Beaux-arts de Lyon, where he studied engraving with and . In 1861, he won first prize at a painting and lithography contest held by the "Société des Amis des Arts".
From 1865 to 1868, he worked as an illustrator and was a decorative painter for the workshops of Antoine Sublet
Antoine Sublet (1821–1897) was a French painter.
Biography
Early life
Benoît-Antoine Sublet was born in 1821 in Lyon. He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest, and was particularly close to the Carthusians, Carthusian Order.
Career
He p ...
. In 1869, aged only twenty-three, he had his début at the Salon
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* French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home
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. His career was, however, interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War, when he enlisted in an artillery battalion and took part in the defense of Paris. After demobilization, he created many realistic scenes of battlefields.
After 1872, he exhibited regularly in both Lyon and Paris, where his works sold well and received good critical notices. He used his earnings to make an extended visit to Spain, which had a permanent influence on his style.
After his father's death in 1881, he returned to Lyon and remained there for the rest of his life. The following year, he was married. Over the next few years, he joined several art societies and professional associations. In 1888, he was named a member of the advisory board at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon and replaced his old Professor, Danguin, at the École. He became the Director there in 1894, by ministerial order.
Under his leadership, the École was awarded the Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle (1900)
The Exposition Universelle of 1900, better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate developmen ...
and four students received the Prix de Rome. That same year, he was named a Knight in the Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...
.@ the Base Léonore. Due to weakening eyesight, he resigned his position at the École in 1918 and died two years later. A major retrospective of his work was held in 1997 and a street near his studio has been named after him.
References
Search results for Nicolas Sicard
@ Le Guichets du Savoir.
Further reading
* Journal "La vie française", article on Nicolas Sicard, 10 July 1897 * Journal "Le Tout Lyon", article on Nicolas Sicard, 1918 * Victor Boyard, ''Nicolas Sicard, peintre lyonnais (1846-1920)'', Masters thesis,Lumière University Lyon 2
Lumière University Lyon 2 (french: Université Lumière Lyon 2) is one of the three universities that comprise the current University of Lyon, having splintered from an older university of the same name, and is primarily based on two campuses in ...
, September 1998.
External links
ArtNet: More works by Sicard.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sicard, Nicolas 1846 births 1920 deaths 19th-century French painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French genre painters Recipients of the Legion of Honour French decorative artists Artists from Lyon 19th-century French male artists