Charles-François-Prosper Guérin

Charles -François- Prosper Guérin ( born February 21, 1875 in Sens, † March 19, 1939 in Paris) was a French painter of Fauvism.

Life

Charles -François- Prosper Guérin, son of the painter Jean Michel Prosper Guérin (1838-1921) studied under Théodore Chassériau and Gustave Moreau at the École des Beaux -Arts in Paris. Guérin was initially influenced by the Impressionist painters such as Pierre -Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet, before turning to the Fauvism. His debut at the Salon des Artistes Français, he gave in 1896, since 1903 he exhibited at the Salon d' Automne. He also showed his paintings in 1906 at the Salon des Independants and later sent his works to exhibitions in Munich, Brussels and Amsterdam.

His works are mostly portraits and still lifes. He also worked as a book illustrator and made decorations and costumes for the opera. At the end of his career he was appointed professor at the École des Beaux -Arts.