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Alexandre Cabanel, who was highly appreciated for his gentle transfiguration portraits of women, was one of the most important painters of French Classicism.
Born on September 28, 1823 in Montpellier.
Died on January 23, 1889 in Paris.
Alexandre Cabanel, who had discovered his painting talent at early age, won the second salon award in 1845, after receiving a scholarship at the Paris School of Fine Arts, involving a 5-year stay in Rome. There he studied Raffael's and Michelangelo's work and produced many large-format paintings with mythological content. In Paris, he soon became a sought-after portrait painter of the aristocratic ladies. In addition to decorative works, Alexandre Cabanel went on creating history paintings, which earned him several gold medals and the Officer's Decoration of the Legion of Honor at the Paris Salon. With his painting "The Birth of Venus", exposed in 1863, he celebrated groundbreaking successes. The latter was purchased by Napoleon III for a price of 40,000 francs. At the Paris School of Fine Arts and at other academies, Alexandre Cabanel taught many students in the fundamentals of academic, i.e. classical painting. While in his lifetime, he is also a sought-after painter, his work falls into oblivion after his death and with the beginning of Modernity. |
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Oil Paintings