- Eugène Carrière
Eugène Anatole Carrière (1849-1906) was a French Symbolist, "
Fin de siècle " artist. His work is best known for its brown monochrome palette. He was a close friend of the sculptor Rodin and his work influencedMatisse andPicasso (some see traces of Carrière's monochrome style in Picasso'sBlue period ).He was born at Gournay (Seine et Marne) and studied at
Paris at theÉcole des BeauxArts and later under Cabanel. During the FrancoGerman War he passed some time as a prisoner inDresden , where the art of Rubens made a lasting impression on him, as may be seen in the glowing colors of his earlier pictures. About 1890 he adopted the gray, misty color scheme with contrasts of light and shadow, so characteristic of his art, but which no other artist has been able to imitate without affectation. His themes are usually scenes of his own domestic life, and he repeatedly introduces the likeness of his wife. The first of these, "The Young Mother" (1879), is now in the Museum of Avignon; it was followed by "The Sick Child" (Montargis), "The First Communion" (Toulon), and the excellent portrait of the sculptor Devillez. Carrière was one of the leaders in the secessionist movement, which led to the founding of the Socit Nationale, in which he exhibited, among other works "Sleep" (1890), the celebrated portrait ofPaul Verlaine (1891, Luxembourg), "Maternity" (1892, Luxembourg), "Christ on the Cross" (1897). and "Madame Menard-Dorian" (1906). He also modeled a monument to Verlaine in the style of Rodin, and wrote gracefully and interestingly on art subjects. Several of his works can be found atmusée d'Orsay ,Paris, France .Information
Consult the
monograph s by Sé Séailles (Paris, 1901), Geoffrey, a folio with 75 reproductions (Paris, 1901), Morice (Paris, 1906), and Faure (Paris, 1908). New publications : Rodin /Carrière, Musée d'Orsay (Paris/Tokio 2006); Moi, Eugène Carrière byAgnès Lauvinerie ,Eduardo Leal de la Gala , (Paris, 2006).External links
*Hollis, Richard. [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1858539,00.html "Ghostly realist"] , [http://www.guardian.co.uk/ "The Guardian"] , August 26, 2006
* [http://www.beautyandruin.com/findesiecle/carriere.php Paintings at BeaUty and Ruin]
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/carriere_eugene.html Paintings at Artcyclopedia]
* [http://www.eugenecarriere.com/ Musée Virtuel Eugène Carrière]
* [http://www.hillstead.org/collection/paint_carriere.html Eugène Carrière at Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut]
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