Charles Maurin
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Charles Maurin was a French
painter
, engraver and an anarchist who practiced a variety of styles. A notable symbolist
work of his being Maternity, a study of motherhood. He was a friend of the painter Felix Vallotton
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He was born in Lo Puèi Sailing (Auvergne, Aquitaine). In 1875 he obtained the prize that Crozatier allowed to go to Paris to study Fine Arts and then at the Académie Julian, where he eventually taught. He exhibited at the Salon of French artists and became a member of the Society of French Artists in 1883. Felix Valloton admit the engraving and anarchism. He received the support of Vollard and was a friend of Toulouse-Lautrec - who will make his first individual exhibition with him in 1893 - and also of many other artists (Carabén, Aristide Bruant). Inspired by Japanese artists, he revolutionized the technique of etching, but without forgetting the woodcuts. In 1892 he exhibited at the Salon of the Rose-Cross. He collaborated with La Revue Blanche, directed by Fénéon, and Le Temps Nouveaux, Jean Grave. Deeply anti-clerical, was a great admirer of Jules Valles, Kropotkin, Louise Michel and Flora Tristan. Charles Maurin died on 22 July 1914 in Grasse (Provence, Aquitaine). Is his famous woodcut of Ravachol, with naked torso way of the guillotine.
France
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painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, engraver and an anarchist who practiced a variety of styles. A notable symbolist
Symbolism (arts)
Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire...
work of his being Maternity, a study of motherhood. He was a friend of the painter Felix Vallotton
Félix Vallotton
Félix Edouard Vallotton was a Swiss painter and printmaker associated with Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut.-Life and work:...
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He was born in Lo Puèi Sailing (Auvergne, Aquitaine). In 1875 he obtained the prize that Crozatier allowed to go to Paris to study Fine Arts and then at the Académie Julian, where he eventually taught. He exhibited at the Salon of French artists and became a member of the Society of French Artists in 1883. Felix Valloton admit the engraving and anarchism. He received the support of Vollard and was a friend of Toulouse-Lautrec - who will make his first individual exhibition with him in 1893 - and also of many other artists (Carabén, Aristide Bruant). Inspired by Japanese artists, he revolutionized the technique of etching, but without forgetting the woodcuts. In 1892 he exhibited at the Salon of the Rose-Cross. He collaborated with La Revue Blanche, directed by Fénéon, and Le Temps Nouveaux, Jean Grave. Deeply anti-clerical, was a great admirer of Jules Valles, Kropotkin, Louise Michel and Flora Tristan. Charles Maurin died on 22 July 1914 in Grasse (Provence, Aquitaine). Is his famous woodcut of Ravachol, with naked torso way of the guillotine.
