Paul Édouard Rosset-Granger (9 July 1853 – 26 July 1934) was a French

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and portrait painter who adopted the academic style.

Biography

Rosset-Granger was born in 1853

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. He studied at the

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in Paris under

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and Alexis-Joseph Mazerolle. He painted portraits, landscapes and genre works, and also made illustrations for the press and publishing houses. From 1878, he exhibited mythological and genre works at the

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s and at the ''Sociéte nationale des beaux-arts'', receiving medals in 1889 and 1890. From 1906 to 1909, he worked with Guillaume Dubufe on decorating the town hall in

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. In 1900, he was invited to paint ''Le Train blue'' on a decorative panel for the

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restaurant in Paris. In their style, colour, composition and choice of subjects, Rosset-Granger's works benefited from his familiarity with Bouguereau, Boulanger and Lefebvre. From 1906, his studio was located at 45 ave de Villiers in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. He died on 26 July 1934 in his studio located at 17 Avenue Gourgaud in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.

Selected works

;Watercolours * ''Nu à la lampe à petrole''. * ''Nature morte à la lecture''. ;Oils * ''Orphée'' 1884. * ''La Cueillette des figues à Capri'' 1887. * ''Portrait de Mme R. D.'' 1896. * ''Tête de jeune paysanne''. 1896. * ''La somnambule''. 1897. * ''Portrait de A.B.''. 1900. * ''Portrait de Mt. G. S.'' 1906. * ''Portrait de peintre Alfred Agache''. 1980. * ''L'arrivée au châteu''. 1910. * ''Élegante assise''. 1910. ;Illustrations * ''Les Lettres et les arts. Revue illustré''. 1886ff. . * ''Gil Blas illustré''. 1893ff. . Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne - Orphée - Paul-Edouard Rosset-Granget.jpg, ''Orphée'' 1884
Musée des beaux-arts

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Édouard Rosset-Granger - La Cueillette des figues.jpg, ''La Cueillette des figues à Capri'' 1887

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, Musée Granet Rosset-Granger On the way to the ball.jpg, ''Dame dans un escalier'' Rosset Elégante.jpg, ''Élégante à l'éventail'' (c. 1910)

References

Bibliography

* Émmanuel Bénézit (Hrsg.): ''Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, scuzlpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays''. Grund, Paris 1999ff. * Louise Gaggini u.a.: ''Le train bleu''. PLUS Editions, Paris 1991, . * Sabrina da Conceiçao, Georges Barthe: ''Gypseries''. Creaphis, Paris 2005, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosset-Granger, Edouard 1853 births 1934 deaths People from Vincennes 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists 19th-century French male artists