Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

Alexandre- Gabriel Decamps ( March 3, 1803 in Paris, † August 22, 1860 ) was a French painter.

Life

Decamps was a pupil of the painter Alexandre Abel de Pujol and Eugène Delacroix. Decamps soon found his style, but was inspired by Delacroix to paint influence "en pleine air". At 24, Decamps 1827 undertook a year-long study trip to Constantinople Opel and Asia Minor, where he found his subjects in the local folk life. Many sketches and watercolors which Decamps brought back from this trip, served as a template for paintings, which arose in the course of the next few years.

Among many other works, excelled Decamps at home with the scenes "The Turkish Guard " (1834 ), "The playing with a turtle Children " (1836 ) and "The spectators at an execution " (1839 ). Alongside he concentrated especially on observation of animal life, especially with his ironic characterization, then parodic creations, especially in groups of monkeys, led. his monkey as a musician, as cooks, as a baker, a butcher, a painter show a dramatic satire of human physiognomy. most successful of his monkey images was a snappy but witty satire against academic jury of the Paris Salon, to its annual art exhibitions not very often admitted his pictures.

His play with light and color used Decamps even in his depictions of the French countryside. In its historical ( " The Siege of Clermont " ) and its religious ( " The Joshua's victory over the Ammonites " ), however, shows that this lacked the vibrancy of the earlier genre scenes. The charcoal drawings of landscapes, however, win its charm due to the simplicity of the presentation.

In his last years discovered Decamps for the parks of Palace of Fontainebleau, which he visited regularly to paint. In the forest of Fontainebleau Decamps was also his tragic end. On the occasion of a royal Parforcejagd a horse shied and despite the experienced rider, it could not be calmed down fast enough. At the age of 57 years Alexandre Gabriel Decamps died of his head injuries.

Works (selection)

  • Bulldog and Scotch Terrier, canvas, 104 × 135 cm, Louvre, Paris
  • Christ in court (1847 ), canvas, 144 × 105 cm, Louvre, Paris
  • The defeat of the Cimbri, ( 1833), canvas, 130 × 195 cm, Louvre, Paris
  • Duck Hunt (1843 ), canvas, 13 × 41 cm, Moscow, Pushkin Museum
  • Peal 1841, canvas, 58 × 48 cm
  • The Turkish Patrol
  • The learned dogs 1831
  • The dog Hospital 1831
  • The Turkish Guard 1834
  • The gambling with a turtle Children 1836
  • The crowd at an execution 1839
  • The boisterous Turkish school children in 1842
  • The Turkish butchers in 1843
  • The Turkish Coffeehouse 1844
  • The siege of Clermont 1842
  • The Joshua's victory over the Ammonites
  • Interior: Reading a peasant girl in 1824, canvas, 46x38 cm
  • The caravan undated. ( used in the neck as a protective cover for an edition of Baudelaire, Artificial Paradises of 2000 ISBN 3-7175-4002-5 )
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