Alphonse Chigot
French artist known for painting (1824–1917) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alphonse Charles Chigot (French pronunciation: [alfɔ̃s ʃaʁl ʃiɡo]; 1824 – 1917) was a French historical painter and soldier, particularly associated with the city of Valenciennes where he had a studio for over sixty years. A former soldier in the French army he saw action in the first Franco-Moroccan War of 1844 and served until 1849. In 1853 he entered the Academies de Valenciennes to study art for three years. Chigot favoured military themed subjects and his works include large canvases such as le Duel and Le Salut a la Vierge, numerous portraits of soldiers and drawings and sketches of the Valenciennoise. He favoured epic subjects which he approached in an academic style, influenced by Neoclassicism and Romanticism. As a long-standing teacher of painting his pupils included his son Eugène Chigot, Charles Paris and Henri Le Sidaner, who painted him in 1881.[2] Chigot first exhibited in provincial exhibitions and from 1877 until 1914 at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français to which he was admitted in 1884.[2]
Alphonse Chigot | |
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Born | Alphonse Charles Chigot (1824-10-23)23 October 1824 Graçay, France |
Died | 8 October 1917(1917-10-08) (aged 92) Valenciennes |
Known for | Oil painting, military painting |
Notable work | Le Duel, Le Salut a la Vierge, Armée de l'est |
Movement | Naturalism, military painting |
Awards | Légion d'honneur - Chevalier (Knight) (1904)[1] |