Charles Albert Waltner

Later he was taught by Henriquel-Dupont in the art of copper cutting and etching. Waltner became known for his ability to render large color paintings by the likes of Rembrandt, Thomas Gainsborough and Jules Breton into etchings. The etchings were in turn converted into prints by firms like Arthur Tooth & Sons. The final prints were typically sold to the general public at a more affordable price than the original work using a network of dealers. In the case of works where the original artist was still alive, the original artist frequently encouraged the practice and may have signed the final prints along with Waltner. Prints helped the original artist increase their income as well as spread their fame. In 1868, Waltner won a Prix de Rome scholarship that allowed him to live and study in Rome. Waltner taught etching to a large number of students such as Léon Desbuissons and Pauline Laurens. He was a member of the jury and exhibited at the first international exhibition of white and black in 1885 at the Pavillon de Flore, and participated as a founder in the reopening of the National Society of Fine Arts. In 1908, he was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts. • Illustration — This print produced from an etching by Waltner was signed by both Waltner and original artist Jules Breton.

Training under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont is recorded. Gabrielle Poynot is recorded as having studied under Charles Albert Waltner. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Charles Albert Waltner is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Yale Center for British Art and Print Collection. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and Officer of the Legion of Honour.

• Birthplace — Paris • Born — March 24, 1846 • Died — June 15, 1925 • Known for — Etchings

This is a non-exhaustive list of the artist's etchings and the name of the original artist. Waltner signed many of the prints that were produced from his etchings. In general they tended to rather large format. One of the largest ones "La Ronde de Nuit" (aka "The Night Watch"), 1885, after the original by Rembrandt is Size: (sheet) 970 x 1085 cm; (plate) 812 x 940 cm; (chine collé) 789 x 922 cm; (image borderline) 690 x 838 cm. Owing to their relative large size, most Waltner prints that have survived till today were either protected behind glassed frames or part of a major collection. However, protection behind a glassed frame is also a mixed blessing. Acids coming from the mat and backing papers lead to the discoloration of a print even if it was originally produced using acid free paper. A full conservation of a print preserved behind glass requires the removal of all papers and treatment of the print itself by a professional. • 1870. Portrait du baron H. de Vicq (Rubens). • 1872. La Vierge et l'Enfant Jésus (Correggio). • 1874. Portrait d'homme (Rembrandt). • 1874. Femmes d'Alger (Delacroix). • 1875. Mistress Fitzherbert (Rommey). • 1875. Suzanne (Henner). • 1875. Dans la rosée (Carolus-Duran). • 1876. Jean-Honoré Fragonard (L'Etude). • 1876. Portrait de Madame la comtesse de Barck (Régnault). • 1876. Alfred de Musset (David d'Angers). • 1877. L'infante Marguerite (Velázquez). • 1878. Portrait d'homme (Jordaens). • 1879. Vaches (Troyon). • 1880. The Blue Boy (Gainsborough). • 1880. Harmony (Dicksee) • 1881. Angelus (Jean-François Millet) • 1882. Autoportrait (Rembrandt). • 1882. Le Christ devant Pilate (Munkaecsy). • 1882. Forbidden Fruit (John Everett Millais) • 1884. Le doreur (Rembrandt). • 1885. An Old Man (Rembrandt). • 1885. Lady Mulgrave (Gainsborough). • 1885 La Ronde de nuit, The Night Watch (Rembrandt). • 1886. La ronde de nuit (Rembrandt). • 1886. Portrait of a man in a cap • 1887. Recall of the Gleaners (Jules Breton) • 1890. Portrait de Rickaert (van Dyck). • 1891. L'Angélus (J.-F. Millet). • 1896. Portrait de Madame Geoffrin (Roybet). • 1898. La lutte de l'ange et de Jacob (Gustave Moreau). • 1899. Une bretonne (Dagnan-Bouveret). • 1901. Souvenir de l'exposition de 1900 (with Félix Bracquemond). • 1903. L'astronome (Roybet). • 1905. L'Arioste (Titian). • 1905. Port de Londres (Monet). • 1905. Portrait d'Henri Roujon (Weerts). • 1911. Saint-Mathieu (Rembrandt). • 1913. Le repos de la sultane (Ziem).

Costume Footman Torero (Régnault) Girl with a Lamb (Jean-Baptiste Greuze) Jacqueline van Caestre, wife of Jean Charles de Cordes (Rubens) Old Man (Portrait Of Vieillard?) (Jacques Jordaens) The Consolation Love Sadness (Ferencz Paczka) The Pickwick Club (Charles Green) The Rare Vase (Mariano Fortuny y Marsa) The Widows Mite (Siegfried Detler Bendixen)

In addition to etchings based upon the works of other artists, Waltner also painted his own watercolors. Souvenir du voyage was a book containing 21 watercolor sketches of various subjects painted by the artist.