The scholarship was a blessing as his father, who was a cabinet maker, could not have afforded to send him to the French capital. Three years later Cabanel’s artistic talent was recognised as being so good that he was awarded a second scholarship to return to Paris. In 1836, thanks to Matet’s recommendation, the Montpellier council awarded Cabanel his first art scholarship to allow him to study in Paris. Cabanel earned himself some money whilst studying by making copies of artworks which were housed in the city’s Musée Fabre which he then sold. Matet was also curator of the Musée Fabre in Montpellier. Even at a young age he showed an early artistic talent and when he was eleven years of age he attended the drawing classes at the Montpellier’s free École des Beaux-Arts, which was run by the French genre painter Charles François Matet. He was the ninth child of Pierre-Jean Cabanel and Marie Anne Jean Cabanel. Cabanel was also well known for his décorations d’intériur.Īlexandre Cabanel was born in September 1823 in Montpellier, France. For Cabanel, Academic art was the true art and during his lifetime he would clash with Impressionist painters and their artistic style. The term Academic art, also referred to as academicism or eclecticism, is traditionally used to describe the style of art which was championed by the European academies of art, notably the Académie des Beaux-Arts. His works of art varied from portraiture to historical, classical and religious scenes all executed in an academic style. In my next couple of blogs I will look at this remarkable artist and some of his paintings. My featured artist today, Alexandre Cabanel, was one of the most well respected Academic artists of the nineteenth century. Shop for oil paintings for sale by artists: bob ross, monet, leroy neiman, klimt, picasso, dali, fabian perez, thomas kinkade, van gogh, and more artists oil painitngs for sale online at cheap prices from portrait by Alexandre Cabanel (1852)
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