Antonio de La Gándara

Antonio de la Gandara ( born December 16, 1861 in Paris, † June 30, 1917 ibid ) was French painter and draftsman. With his portraits and his paintings of Paris ' bridges, parks and streets he is considered one of the greatest painters of the Belle Époque. Gandara was early on one of the favorite painter of the Parisian elite, what the picture shows his paintings on the cover of the fashionable Le Figaro magazine.

Life

Gandara was born as the son of an English mother and a Mexican. By 1878 he began his studies at the École des Beaux -Arts. There he got to 1881 with Jean -Léon Gérôme and Cabanel.

Just one year after his studies, presented Gandara from his portrait of Melle Dufresne in the salon of the Société des Artistes Français. At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889, he won a bronze medal. He had his first exhibition in 1898 in New York City in the gallery of Paul Durand- Ruel. In the 1890s, followed by other exhibitions in the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux -Arts and the Salon de la Société Nationale. At the World Exhibition in 1900 he received the silver medal for his painting of Sarah Bernhardt. He now came to the Legion of Honor and was a member of the jury of the Champ de Mars.

During the First World War Gandara went to Mallorca.

Although Gandara is now regarded as a key figure for his time, his reputation declined after his death in 1917 rapidly. Today, he is buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

During his lifetime to Gandaras studio was in the rue Monsieur -le -Prince. He had three daughters and was married twice, first to Anne Catherine Wilms and then with Charlotte Saint -André. After he portrays Madame Gautreau in 1898, but there were rumors of an affair with her.

Style

Gandara mostly worked with oil and pastel colors, but also with charcoal and pencil. His models he often painted against a neutral background. The portraits show his interest in fashion and decoration, such as Woman in pink. Gandara was a big fan of James Abbott McNeill Whistler and was influenced by Velasquez, Gainsborough and Chardin. Today he is often asked in a line with Boldini, Helleu, Tissot and Jacques -Émile Blanche.

In addition to portraits Gandara illustrated a small number of book publications, including Les Danaïdes by Camille Mauclair and Les Chauves - Souris by Robert de Montesquiou.

Works

  • Portrait de Melle Dufresne ( issued in 1882 )
  • Saint Sébastien de percé Flèches ( 1883 exhibited at the Salon des Champs- Elysées )
  • Luxembourg Garden ( 1892 issued )
  • Mme Sarah Bernhardt (1892 )
  • Impressions de gris perle: Comte Robert de Montesquiou -Fezensac (ca. 1892)
  • Portrait Melle L (ca. 1892 or 1893)
  • Little Girl in a Yellow Dress (1893 ) ( presents his daughter Raymonde is )
  • Droit de Femme (1895 )
  • Madame G B [ Guillaume Beer ] (1896 )
  • Mrs. Burke -Roche ( issued in 1897 )
  • Mme Pierre Gautreau (1898 )
  • Portrait of Countess Mathieu de Noailles (Anna Princess de Bassara - Brancovan ) ( 1899)
  • Madame G ( issued in 1905 )
  • Portrait de Romaine Brooks ( 1905)
  • Charlotte Saint- André ( 1909)
  • Sarah Bernhardt in L' Aiglon (1910 )
  • La declamation de Don Quichotte à Sancho Pancha (1912 )
  • Anselme Mortreuil (1912 )
  • Don Quixote (ca. 1912)
  • Ida Rubinstein (1913 )
  • Caricatures d'artistes du " Chat Noir"
  • Portrait Of A Family With Their Collie
  • Woman in Pink
  • Anne Catherine Wilms
  • Madeleine Morlet
  • Portrait de Mme Leonor Uriburu Y Anchora et de son fils Emilio
  • Countess Greffulhe
  • The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg
  • The Princess of Chimay
  • The Prince de Polignac
  • The Prince de Sagan
  • Charles Leconte de Lisle
  • Paul Verlaine
  • Jean Moréas
  • Winnaretta Singer

Bibliography

  • Xavier Mathieu - " Antonio de La Gandara, un témoin de la Belle Epoque ", stn 308, Edition des Musées, France
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