Louis Anquetin


Louis Émile Anquetin was a French painter.

Biography

Anquetin was born in Étrépagny, France, and educated at the Lycée [Pierre Corneille (Rouen)|Lycée Pierre Corneille] in Rouen.
In 1882 he came to Paris and began studying art at Léon Bonnat's studio, where he met Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The two artists later moved to the studio of Fernand Cormon, where they befriended Émile Bernard and Vincent van Gogh.
Around 1887, Anquetin and Bernard developed a painting style that used flat regions of color and thick, black contour outlines. This style, named cloisonnism by critic Édouard Dujardin, was inspired by both stained glass and Japanese ukiyo-e. One example of this can be seen in Avenue de Clichy: Five O’Clock in the Evening, argued by Dr. Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov as being inspiration for Van Gogh's famous Cafe Terrace at Night.
[Image:Louis Anquetin.jpg|thumb|Reading Woman, 1890, pastel on paper]
He eventually fell from the public's eye after abandoning the modern movements, opting instead to study the methods of the Old Masters. Thus, Anquetin's works following the mid-1890s, such as Rinaldo and Armida, were especially Rubensian and allegorical in nature. In 1907 he met Jacques Maroger, a young artist who shared his interest, with whom he collaborated.
Later in life, Anquetin wrote a book on Rubens, which was published in 1924. He died in Paris.

Works

Drawings, watercolors, pastels

  • Self portrait: Drawing in ink and wash, H:20 cm × L:19 cm
  • Pegasus nose, wings, mane in the wind Pen and brown ink, brown wash; H:14.8 cm × L:16.2 cm; Study of Shakespeare for the screen in 1920, donation to the Louvre in 1951 from Mme Versin
  • The Avenue de Clichy 1887, Watercolour and gouache on paper; H:68.3 cm × L:50.5 cm.
  • The Avenue de Clichy at Five o'clock, 1887, Pastels, two versions.
  • Portrait of the artist's mother, 1888, Drawing and watercolor. H:51 cm × L:37 cm Museum - Vincent van Gogh the birth of cloisonnism. Rijksmuseum n°79 au catalogue-1981, an early cloisonnist portrait.
  • Portrait of a Man 1889, Pastel on paper; H:62.2 cm × L:50.8 cm
  • Bust of shirtless man, 1890, Drawing with blood; H:42,4 cm × L:29.3 cm
  • Young Woman Reading a Newspaper 1890, pastel; H54cm × L:43.2 cm
  • Portrait of Marguerite Dufay 1891, pastel on paper, H:63 cm × L:51 cm
  • La Normandie 1912, project N°3 for the Gobelins tapestry; 17.5 cm × 11 cm
  • La Normandie 1912, project N°4 for the Gobelins tapestry; original drawing in ink, several sketches on letter paper folded in half;
  • Le Pont des Arts pastel, Sbd; Dim; H:96 cm × L:130 cm )
  • Battle of naked horsemen, armed with spears Drawing pen and brown ink; H:13.1 cm × L:18.1 cm
  • Sketch of an old horse with lowered head Drawing graphite; H:7.1 cm × L:9.7 cm

    Paintings

  • Landscape with three trees, 1885, H:72 cm × L:59 cm
  • Equestrian Self Portrait 1887, H:87 cm × L:51 cm
  • The Avenue de Clichy, five pm, 1887, H:69.2 × L:53.5 cm Museum Collection Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  • Woman at the waterfront 1889, H:56 cm × L:46 cm
  • Woman Washing 1889, H:92 cm × L:73 cm
  • Roundabout on the Champs-Élysées 1889,