Charles-François-Prosper Guérin
Illustration — Self Portrait, 1907, of Charles-François-Prosper Guérin Charles-François-Prosper Guérin (1875 in Sens – 1939) was a French Post-Impressionist painter. Guérin studied with Gustave Moreau in the l'École des Beaux Arts à Paris, and had one exhibition at the Grafton Galleries in 1910; in a review Huntly Carter wrote of his "daring extravagance" and that he "show[ed] how the strongest primary colours can be used without crudity, and whose work has a decorative value which the average muddy and colourless work of our day does not possess". Guérin attained some historic notoriety for sitting on the jury of the Salon d'Automne of 1908, which rejected almost all of the paintings of Georges Braque.
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Charles-François-Prosper Guérin

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- Born
- 1875.
- Died
- 1939.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter, photographer and draftsperson.
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- portrait.
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Illustration — Self Portrait, 1907, of Charles-François-Prosper Guérin Charles-François-Prosper Guérin (1875 in Sens – 1939) was a French Post-Impressionist painter. Guérin studied with Gustave Moreau in the l'École des Beaux Arts à Paris, and had one exhibition at the Grafton Galleries in 1910; in a review Huntly Carter wrote of his "daring extravagance" and that he "show[ed] how the strongest primary colours can be used without crudity, and whose work has a decorative value which the average muddy and colourless work of our day does not possess". Guérin attained some historic notoriety for sitting on the jury of the Salon d'Automne of 1908, which rejected almost all of the paintings of Georges Braque.
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The other jury members were Henri Matisse, Georges Rouault, and Albert Marquet, all of whom had also been students of Moreau. The jury's action caused Braque—who had been a great success the year before—to withdraw completely from the Salon. Braque subsequently entered into an exclusive contract with the dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler requiring him (and Picasso) to avoid salons, during which time Braque and Picasso developed cubism. Guérin was teaching at the Académie de La Palette in 1907 when Henri Hayden studied there and at the Académie Moderne in 1913 when Blanche Lazzell enrolled there, as well as at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. Two works by Guérin, loaned by his dealer and gallerist Eugène Druet, were exhibited in the seminal 1913 Armory Show of Modern Art in New York City.
Some pictures by Guérin • Illustration — Nature-morte aux deux citrons et à l'oeillet • Illustration — Girl Reading a Book • Illustration — Nude • Illustration — Nude • Illustration — Lady with a Rose • Illustration — Portrait of a woman • Illustration — Italian Woman with Tambourine • Illustration — Portrait of a Young Lady • Illustration — La Femme moderne • Illustration — Femme à la Pipe • Illustration — Espérance
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The authorities additionally record the headings Charles Guérin, Charles Francois Prosper Guerin, Charles Guerin, Charles François Prosper Guérin and Charles François Prosper Guerin. His recorded language was French.
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Charles-François-Prosper Guérin is recorded as painter, photographer and draftsperson.
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1875
Charles-François-Prosper Guérin was born in 1875.
1939
Charles-François-Prosper Guérin died at 11th arrondissement of Paris.
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Charles-François-Prosper Guérin received Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
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- 1.Base Léonore 19800035/1330/54219 .
- 2.« Guérin, Charles », in: Janine Bailly-Herberg, Dictionnaire de l'estampe en France (1830-1950), AMG-Flammarion, 1985, .
- 3.Fiche exposant SAF 1896, base salons du musée d'Orsay.
- 4.Fiche exposant SSNBA 1897, base salons du musée d'Orsay.
- 5.Fiche exposant SSNBA 1898, base salons du musée d'Orsay.
- 6.Fiche exposant Salon d'Automne 1904, base salons du musée d'Orsay.
- 7.Fiche exposant AS 1913, base salons du musée d'Orsay.
- 8.« Charles Guérin lithographe » par Boyer d'Agen, in: L'Art et les Artistes, 1923.
- 9.Deux élégantes, base RMN.
- 10.Charles Louis Philippe, notice du catalogue en ligne du Centre Pompidou.
- 11.Nu de jeune femme, dit aussi Modèle assis, base RMN.
- 12.La Liseuse, dépôt du musée d'Orsay, base RMN.
- 13.Base Joconde 01890008733 .
- 14.archivé de l'originel 2004-04-20
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- Tristan Klingsor, Charles Guérin. Étude critique, collection « Les peintres français nouveaux » (n° 2), Paris, NRF-Gallimard, 1920.
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Charles-François-Prosper Guérin studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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