Charles Samuel Girardet
Illustration — The Battle of Ceresole • Illustration — Illustration for Elly and Oswald (A Swiss folk legend) Charles Samuel Girardet (24 November 1780, Le Locle - 16 January 1863, Versailles) was a Swiss engraver and lithographer, who spent much of his life in Paris.
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Charles Samuel Girardet
Charles Samuel Girardet · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection · CC0
- Died
- 1863. · Versailles.
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- France.
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- French.
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Illustration — The Battle of Ceresole • Illustration — Illustration for Elly and Oswald (A Swiss folk legend) Charles Samuel Girardet (24 November 1780, Le Locle - 16 January 1863, Versailles) was a Swiss engraver and lithographer, who spent much of his life in Paris.
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He was born to Samuel Girardet (1730–1807), a bookseller and publisher, and his wife, Marie-Anne, née Bourquin. His siblings, Abraham, Abraham Louis, Alexandre and Julie (1769–1817), also became engravers. He and his brothers studied engraving together. In 1805, he went to Paris to join Abraham, who helped provide the financial assistance he needed to complete his training and get started. In 1812, he was introduced to lithography and illustrated the Histoires de la Bible, by Johann Hübner. In 1813, he returned to his hometown, and was active there until 1822. In 1823, he went back to Paris, where he conducted studies in the process of engraving reliefs on stone. In 1831, he was awarded a gold medal by the "Société d'encouragement à l'industrie nationale", for his application of lithography to the field of typography. He was the first teacher of Louis Léopold Robert. His sons, Karl, Edouard and Paul, also became printmakers and painters.
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1780
Charles Samuel Girardet born at Le Locle.
1863
Charles Samuel Girardet died at Versailles.
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- 1.René Burnand, Les Girardet au Locle et dans le monde, Editions de la Baconniere, 1957.
- 2.Girardet, Charles Samuel, by Lucie Girardin-Cestone, in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- 3.Girardet, Notice sur l'origine et les progrès de la gravure en relief sur pierre, 1840.
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