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Paul Emile Chabas BIOGRAPHY
1869 Nantes, France - 1937 Paris, France. Known for: Portrait and female nude figure painting.
Paul Emile Chabas (March 7, 1869 - May 10, 1937) was a French painter and illustrator and member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts*. He was born in Nantes, and had his artistic training under... Read full biography
Paul Emile Chabas (March 7, 1869 - May 10, 1937) was a French painter and illustrator and member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts*. He was born in Nantes, and had his artistic training under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon* in 1890. He was... Read full biography
Paul Emile Chabas (March 7, 1869 - May 10, 1937) was a French painter and illustrator and member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts*. He was born in Nantes, and had his artistic training under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon* in 1890. He was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle* of 1900 and in 1912 received the Médaille d'honneur. His preferred subject was a nude young girl in a natural setting. His most famous painting,... Read full biography
Paul Emile Chabas (March 7, 1869 - May 10, 1937) was a French painter and illustrator and member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts*. He was born in Nantes, and had his artistic training under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon* in 1890. He was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle* of 1900 and in 1912 received the Médaille d'honneur. His preferred subject was a nude young girl in a natural setting. His most famous painting, September Morn (1912), became a "Succès de scandale" in the United States in May, 1913, when Anthony Comstock, head of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, protested against the painting as supposedly immoral. There was much publicity, and... Read full biography
Paul Emile Chabas (March 7, 1869 - May 10, 1937) was a French painter and illustrator and member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts*. He was born in Nantes, and had his artistic training under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon* in 1890. He was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle* of 1900 and in 1912 received the Médaille d'honneur. His preferred subject was a nude young girl in a natural setting. His most famous painting, September Morn (1912), became a "Succès de scandale" in the United States in May, 1913, when Anthony Comstock, head of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, protested against the painting as supposedly immoral. There was much publicity, and reproductions of the painting sold briskly for years afterwards. September Morn has often been ci... Read full biography
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Paul Emile Chabas (March 7, 1869 - May 10, 1937) was a French painter and illustrator and member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts*.
He was born in Nantes, and had his artistic training under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon* in 1890. He was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle* of 1900 and in 1912 received the Médaille d'honneur.
His preferred subject was a nude young girl in a natural setting. His most famous painting, September Morn (1912), became a "Succès de scandale" in the United States in May, 1913, when Anthony Comstock, head of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, protested against the painting as supposedly immoral. There was much publicity, and reproductions of the painting sold briskly for years afterwards. September Morn has often been cited as an example of kitsch.
In the 1890s Chabas illustrated books by such authors as Paul Bourget and Alfred de Musset. He became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1921 and received the Légion d'honneur in 1928. From 1925 to 1935 he was president of the Société des Artistes Français.
He died in Paris on May 10, 1937.
During his lifetime, Paul Chabas was also a celebrated portrait painter.
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Paul Chabas was born in Nantes, France and studied with Gustave Bouguereau and Robert-Fleury. He specialized in female nude bathers and society portraits.
In 1899 he received the national prize of the Paris Salon and a gold medal in 1900. He received the medal of honor in 1912, was elected a member of the Institute in 1921 and a commander of the Légion d'Honneur.
Works by the artist are in the Musée du Luxembourg, Paris and museums in Mulhouse, Natntes and Tourcoing.Biography from McTear's
Paul Emile Chabas was a French artist born in Nantes. He trained under renowned artists such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. Chabas gained recognition for his depictions of the female nude in natural settings and is considered one of Europe's greatest painters of nudes. His most famous painting, "September Morn," caused a scandal in the United States in 1913. Chabas was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and served as president of the Société des Artistes Français. He passed away in Paris in 1937, with reports stating that US buyers alone had purchased over seven million reproductions of his paintings.