Henri Ernest Ponthier de Chamaillard, usually known as Ernest de Chamaillard, (9 December 1862, Gourlizon – 1931,

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) was a French artist, one of a group of painters who gathered in the Breton village of

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Biography

The son of a lawyer, de Chamaillard also studied law but without much enthusiasm. As his real interest was painting, in June 1888 he went to

where he met

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. He quickly adopted Gauguin's

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, joining the other painters in the group including

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and Henry Moret. There he also met Louise Lamour whom he married the same year in

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. He spent several years in the Pont-Aven region, painting many landscapes. Gauguin took him as a student, encouraging him to adopt his simplistic approach."Ernest Ponthier de Chamaillard, Falaises de Douarnenez"
''Musée Léon Dierx''. Retrieved 7 May 2012."Ernest de Chamaillard (1862–1931)"
, ''Ville de Châteaulin''. . Retrieved 7 May 2012. In 1893, unable to make a living from his painting, he moved to

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where he worked as a lawyer. In 1905, he went to Paris where he took up clerical work. He exhibited his work at the

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gallery in 1906 and 1910 with catalogue prefaces by

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. He experienced material difficulties during the First World War, worsened by the deaths of his two sons. He again exhibited in 1925 and 1930 at the Georges Petit gallery in Paris.

References

Bibliography

*''Une préface inédite d'Apollinaire pour le peintre Ernest de Chamaillard'' in ''Guillaume Apollinaire, 1918-1968: études et informations réunies'', Revue des lettres modernes, 1968, p. 156. *''Exposition Ernest Chamaillard: du 26 juin au 11 septembre 1976''. Société de peinture de Pont-Aven, Hôtel de Ville, Bargain, 1976. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chamaillard, Ernest French Impressionist painters 1862 births 1931 deaths People from Quimper Pont-Aven painters