Emmanuel-Charles Bénézit (; 28 November 1887, in
Paris
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– 17 October 1975, in
Hyères
Hyères (), Provençal Occitan: ''Ieras'' in classical norm, or ''Iero'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
The old town lies from the sea clustered arou ...
) was a painter and art curator. He has been painting since the age of six, alongside
Camille Pissarro and Alfred Sisley at home. His grandfather,
Charles Bénézit a musician, was a close friend of
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...
that he accompanied in exile in
Jersey
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; He was the son of
Dr. Emmanuel Bénézit who as a child was jumping on the knees of the poet, has a gallery in Paris; The art gallery owner and founder of the
Bénézit Dictionary of Artists.
[Gazette des beaux-arts 1975- Page 35 "Emmanuel Benezit était le fils du Dr Charles-Emmanuel Benezit (1854- 1920), auteur du célèbre Dictionnaire des Peintres"]
His wife is
Marie Salomé Sphener-Bénézit.
After return from the army on medical grounds in 1915 he left for Provence to cure a pulmonary infection. He lived at
Gassin
Gassin () is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
It is located very near to the holiday destination of Saint-Tropez. Perched high up on a rock, it is less than from the sea. Many Tro ...
in the Var, then
Bormes-les-Mimosas. In 1930 he left Bormes for Hyères where he lived till his death at the age of 88.
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1975 deaths
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