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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 supp...But wait, there's more...
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