Louis Anquetin
Louis Émile Anquetin was a French painter.
Biography
Anquetin was born in Étrépagny, France, and educated at the 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.
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 cmPegasus 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 VersinThe 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, USAWoman at the waterfront 1889, H:56 cm × L:46 cmWoman Washing 1889, H:92 cm × L:73 cmRoundabout on the Champs-Élysées 1889,