Louis Tinayre

Louis Tinayre studied at Hungarian University of Fine Arts. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is visual arts and book illustration. Work by Louis Tinayre is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, CODA Museum and Musée Carnavalet.

• Name — Louis Tinayre • Born — 14 March 1861 • Birthplace — Neuilly-sur-Seine, France • Place of death — Grosrouvre, Yvelines, France • Education — Hungarian University of Fine Arts • Occupation — Painter • Parents — Victoire Tinayre • Relatives — Julien Tinayre (brother) Marcelle Tinayre (sister-in-law)

Louis Tinayre was born on 14 March 1861 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris. His mother, Victoire, was a schoolteacher and a member of the International Workingmen's Association. His family, who was from Issoire, fled to Budapest, Hungary in the wake of the Paris Commune of 1871. Tinayre graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest.

Tinayre began his career as an illustrator for the French press. He became known as a draughtsman and painter of animals. In 1895, he became a correspondent for Le Monde Illustré, and he covered the Second Madagascar expedition. His panoramas and dioramas of Madagascar were exhibited at the Universal Exhibition of 1900 in Paris. From 1901 onwards, he joined Albert I, Prince of Monaco on his hunts and painted those scenes in North Africa, Russia, the Far West (Wyoming) and the North Pole. • Illustration — Institut océanographique de Paris, Fresco of the Grand Amphitheater. With the painter Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun, he realized the four frescos of the Grand Amphitheater of the Oceanographic Institute of Paris. Louis Tinayre painted the characters while Alexander Brun, depicted the sea and the rigging. Tinayre donated his paintings to the city of Issoire in 1939.