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Edmond-Joseph Béliard, known as Édouard (24 November 1832,
@ Van-Gogh.fr Later, he took painting lessons with Léon Cogniet and
@ theList of the Mayors of Étampes
@ FranceGenWeb. A street there is named after him.
Béliard; le peintre qui devint maire.
by Thomas Galley @ ''La Bauge Literaire''.
Une découverte : Béliard, Les bords de l’Oise
by Thomas Galley @ ''La Bauge Literaire''.
Le Moulin de Chauffour. {{DEFAULTSORT:Beliard Edouard 1832 births 1912 deaths Impressionism 19th-century French painters 19th-century French male artists French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists Painters from Paris
Edmond-Joseph Béliard, known as Édouard (24 November 1832, Paris
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– 28 November 1912, Étampes
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) was a French Impressionist
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painter.
Life and work
He was born in Paris as the son of an architect, and began his professional career as a legal assistant and secretary to Alphonse Esquiros.Commentary@ Van-Gogh.fr Later, he took painting lessons with Léon Cogniet and
Ernest Hébert
Antoine Auguste Ernest H̩bert (; 3 November 1817 Р5 December 1908) was a French academic painter.
Biography
Hébert was born in Grenoble, son of a notary in Grenoble, and moved in 1835 to Paris to study law. He simultaneously took ar ...
, where he came under the influence of Jean-Baptiste Corot.Brief biography@ the
Web Gallery of Art
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. After spending some time in Rome, he had his first exhibit at the Salon
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in 1867, and lived in London from 1870 to 1872.
After his return to Paris, he became associated with the group of young Impressionists who gathered around Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas (, ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, ; 19 July 183427 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.
Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints, and drawings. Degas is e ...
and became a close friend of Camille Pissarro
Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro ( ; ; 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the Danish West Indies). ...
, who he met at the Café Guerbois
Caf̩ Guerbois, on Avenue de Clichy in Paris, was the site of late 19th-century discussions and planning amongst artists, writers and art lovers Рthe '' boh̬mes'' (bohemians), in contrast to the ''bourgeois''.
Centered on Édouard Ma ...
. It was there that he made the acquaintance of Émile Zola
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, ; ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of Naturalism (literature), naturalism, and an important contributor to ...
and may have provided some inspiration for one of Zola's recurring characters; the painter Gagnière.
In 1874, he helped prepare for the first major Impressionist exhibition, where he held a retrospective of his works. He also participated in their second exhibition, focusing on landscapes but, as the years progressed, he turned away from pure Impressionism and introduced more elements of Realism into his work.
He spent his last years in the commune of Étampes, where he served as mayor from 1892 to 1900.@ FranceGenWeb. A street there is named after him.
References
Further reading
* Gérald Schurr and Pierre Cabanne, ''Dictionnaire des petits maîtres de la peinture 1820-1920'', Editions de l'Amateur, 2014External links
Béliard; le peintre qui devint maire.
by Thomas Galley @ ''La Bauge Literaire''.
Une découverte : Béliard, Les bords de l’Oise
by Thomas Galley @ ''La Bauge Literaire''.
Le Moulin de Chauffour. {{DEFAULTSORT:Beliard Edouard 1832 births 1912 deaths Impressionism 19th-century French painters 19th-century French male artists French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists Painters from Paris