Adolphe Albert (1855-1938) Hst

Table oil on canvas mounted on wood, representing a landscape seen from Château-Gaillard, signed lower left Adolphe Albert, 1924. Period XXth. Size without frame 63.5 * 53.5 cm and 82 * 72 cm with frame. Louis-Adolphe Albert dit Adolphe Albert (June 28, 1855, Paris - March 30, 1938, Les Andelys) is a French painter, engraver and soldier, near Toulouse-Lautrec. Biography [edit | modify the code] Two young women in hats (etching, circa 1900). View of Château-Gaillard (oil on canvas, 1924). Adolphe Albert was born on June 28, 1855 in Paris rue de Montholon, to Jean-Pierre François Balthazar Eugène Albert, merchant, and to Tomasa Isabelle Berasar1. He began his life by embracing a military career: in 1873, he enlisted as a hunter, then, over the years, was promoted to lieutenant (1888), captain (1895), battalion commander (1911). In August 1914, he took command of the 66th territorial infantry regiment based in the Indre region and took part in the fighting. In 1916, he was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor, then an officer in January 1918. During this long career, he met during a campaign in North Africa, the artist Jean Veber, with whom he became friends. friendship. It was he who persuaded him to become an artist. Because in terms of private life, Adolphe Albert turns out to be a particularly gifted artist. He enrolled in the courses of Léon Bonnat and those of Fernand Cormon, boulevard de Clichy, where, from 1882-1883 he met Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec with whom he remained in great friendship. The two men frequent the same cafes and cabarets in Montmartre, share many memories and friends like Marcellin Desboutin. In 1887, Adolphe exhibited for the first time at the Salon des Indépendants. In October 1893, Adolphe married Léontine Vert (Renée Vert known as 1856-1930) whose portrait Lautrec painted the same year (La Modiste Renée Vert). In February 1894, Lautrec and Albert both went to visit the museums of Holland. In December 1897, Adolphe painted a pencil portrait of his friend (Albi, Toulouse-Lautrec museum). In response, Lautrec, for his part, painted a portrait of Adolphe entitled Le Lithographe ou le Bon Graveur, a lithograph published by Boussod, Manzi, Joyant, Goupil & Cie. Meanwhile, in February 1891, Adolphe Albert, who embarked on engraving, became the secretary of the Society of French painters-engravers. After Lautrec's death in 1901, he moved shortly to Giverny where he met Claude Monet, then, with his wife, he moved to Les Andelys, where he bought an estate, the villa Les Tilleuls; after the war, many friendly artists such as Félix Vallotton and Jean-Eugène Clary met there, and he organized exhibitions bringing together paintings by post-impressionist painters. Etcher, wood engraver, author of color monotypes, he is best known for his numerous oil landscapes representing views of the Eure, Château-Gaillard and Andelys. He bequeathed part of his paintings to the town as well as a series of 17th century drawings, which disappeared during a bombardment on the region in 1944. He died in Les Andelys on March 30, 1938. https: // fr. wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Albert