Achille Bron (1867-1949) Taillebourg In Charente Charentaise School, Crozant, Limoges

Very beautiful oil on canvas by Achille Bron, great painter of Charentes, representing Taillebourg in Charente where Achille Bron practiced as a doctor from 1894, signed lower left and located on the back. Achille Bron was born in Crazannes in Charente and began his studies in Saintes and then in Angoulême; then he went up to Paris, entered medical school and frequented the Moulin Rouge where he admired Toulouse Lautrec. In 1894 he established himself as a doctor in Taillebourg in Charente Inférieure, now Charente Maritime, a profession he shared with painting since he also exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants and des Artistes Français. In 1912, the Petit Journal cited his works among celebrities such as Laurencin, Metzinger, Picabia, Rassetti, etc. Bron also exhibited regularly in the provinces. He therefore met Paul Madeline who gave him a few lessons but above all became his best friend, as evidenced by the many works by Madeline or Bron that they dedicated to each other or to their respective wives, they very often painted on the same motifs. However, we know that Bron came very regularly to Haute Vienne, in particular to paint the banks of the Vienne or Briance, but we have no proof that he followed Madeline to Creuse. On the other hand, Bron partly adopted Madeline's technique and palette, to the point that their works were sometimes extremely similar.