Page loaded successfully. Showing keywords for Alexandre Gabriel Decamps.
Artist Keywords
Keywords page for Alexandre Gabriel Decamps ((1803 - 1860)), known for Figure, landscape, history and genre painting, Orientalism. Showing associated keywords and tags.
Alexandre Gabriel Decamps KEYWORDS
1803 Paris, France - 1860. Known for: Figure, landscape, history and genre painting, Orientalism.
French painter, draughtsman, watercolorist and engraver of history, typical scenes and genre born in Paris, he is one of the most brilliant representatives of the Orientalist and Romantic School of... Read full biography
French painter, draughtsman, watercolorist and engraver of history, typical scenes and genre born in Paris, he is one of the most brilliant representatives of the Orientalist and Romantic School of his time. He trained in the workshop of Etienne Brouhot and perfected his skills at Abel de Pujol's... Read full biography
French painter, draughtsman, watercolorist and engraver of history, typical scenes and genre born in Paris, he is one of the most brilliant representatives of the Orientalist and Romantic School of his time. He trained in the workshop of Etienne Brouhot and perfected his skills at Abel de Pujol's while practicing at the Louvre at the School of the great Flemish masters, but especially Rembrandt. Attracted very early by oriental subjects, Decamps was sent on a mission to Greece with the painter... Read full biography
French painter, draughtsman, watercolorist and engraver of history, typical scenes and genre born in Paris, he is one of the most brilliant representatives of the Orientalist and Romantic School of his time. He trained in the workshop of Etienne Brouhot and perfected his skills at Abel de Pujol's while practicing at the Louvre at the School of the great Flemish masters, but especially Rembrandt. Attracted very early by oriental subjects, Decamps was sent on a mission to Greece with the painter Garneray, in charge of representing the victory of Navarin. He continued his journey to Constantinople, Asia Minor and the Middle East, which became a source of inspiration for him. He made his debut at the 1928 Salon, but it was in 1931 and even... Read full biography
French painter, draughtsman, watercolorist and engraver of history, typical scenes and genre born in Paris, he is one of the most brilliant representatives of the Orientalist and Romantic School of his time. He trained in the workshop of Etienne Brouhot and perfected his skills at Abel de Pujol's while practicing at the Louvre at the School of the great Flemish masters, but especially Rembrandt. Attracted very early by oriental subjects, Decamps was sent on a mission to Greece with the painter Garneray, in charge of representing the victory of Navarin. He continued his journey to Constantinople, Asia Minor and the Middle East, which became a source of inspiration for him. He made his debut at the 1928 Salon, but it was in 1931 and even more so in 1934 that he definitively established his reputation as the "inventor of the Orient". After this success, he traveled to Italy... Read full biography
Alexandre Gabriel Decamps - Artist Info
About Alexandre Gabriel Decamps: Keywords
Keywords (16)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Chalk
- •Charcoal
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Engraving, Engraver
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Orientalism, Orientalist
Art School
- •Ecole du Louve, Paris, Student
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1855
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons