Charles Alexandre Bertier (1 October 1860 – 26 July 1924) was a French landscape painter.

Biography

His family owned a glove making business. He entered the "Petit Séminaire du Rondeau", where he studied design with Laurent Guétal, who introduced him to painting mountains and other impressive scenery in a style that would mark what later became known as the "École Dauphinoise", a group that also included Ernest Victor Hareux and

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. In 1875, he enrolled at a vocational school (now known as the École Vaucanson) to learn his family's trade, as well as drawing. This was followed by military service, during which he showed off his works for the first time.Freney d'Oisans
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in Paris, where he held several exhibitions at the

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.Lionel Bergatto, ''Le sentiment de la montagne'', Glénat Réunion des musées nationaux Musée de Grenoble, 1998 In 1900, he was one of the artists who provided decorations for Le Train Bleu, a famous restaurant near the

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. He was the holder of 31 awards, French and foreign, a member of the " Société des Artistes Français", a founding member of the "Société des Peintres de Montagne" and a judge on several art competition juries. He briefly departed from landscapes to produce some portraits for a benefactor in Russia who promised to place some of his works in the Hermitage. In 1913, his studio was destroyed by a fire and he was unable to save any of the paintings, drawings and manuscripts stored there. He recovered his spirits by travelling to paint in the French and

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, including a visit to

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, and resumed his schedule of exhibitions.

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ArtNet: more works by Bertier

@ the Bibliothèque Dauphinoise. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertier, Charles 1860 births 1924 deaths French landscape painters Artists from Grenoble Painters from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists 19th-century French male artists

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