Victor Charreton (1864-1936) Bourgoin-jallieu "vase Of Flowers" Oil On Canvas Signed Lower Left

Victor Léon Jean Pierre Charreton was born in Bourgoin (Isère) on March 2, 1864 and died in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) on November 26, 1936. He was a French Post-Impressionist painter2.
Biography

Victor Charreton grew up in a well-to-do family. From an early age, he showed a taste for poetry and painting. His law studies led him to become a solicitor at the Lyon Court of Appeal. In 1893, he married Elmy Chatin, the daughter of a contractor in the Puy-de-Dôme region3.

Victor Charreton made his debut at the Salon de la Société lyonnaise des beaux-arts in 1894. In 1902, he sold his law firm to devote himself entirely to painting3.

Using cardboard as well as canvas, he made as much use of the knife as the brush. In 1903, together with the painter Bonnard, he founded the Salon d'Automne. His success was rapid, and his reputation soon spread beyond the Salon circle4.

He lived in Paris, but frequently returned to his native Auvergne. He also spent time in Brittany, notably Pont-Aven in 1910 and 1911, Doëlan, Bénodet, Pont-l'Abbé and Perros-Guirec.

He was awarded the Légion d'honneur as a painter in 1914.

In 1929, he founded the Musée de Bourgoin-Jallieu and became its president. It houses the world's largest collection of Charreton's paintings.

He died in Clermont-Ferrand on November 26, 19364.
The landscape painter

Victor Charreton belonged to the generation of artists of the French school who, following in the footsteps of the Impressionists, devoted themselves entirely to landscapes. He painted from the ground up

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