Paul Guigou
Illustration — Self Portrait (1869). Paul Camille Guigou (15 February 1834 – 21 December 1871) was a French landscape painter. Guigou was born in Villars, Vaucluse in a wealthy family of farmers and notaries.
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Paul Guigou
Paul Guigou · Public domain
- Born
- 1834 · Villars.
- Died
- 1871 · 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- illustrator · painter · poet
- Fields
- landscape
- Known for
- Self-portrait · Les collines de Saint-Loup
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Self Portrait (1869). Paul Camille Guigou (15 February 1834 – 21 December 1871) was a French landscape painter. Guigou was born in Villars, Vaucluse in a wealthy family of farmers and notaries.
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He studied painting in Apt and later with Émile Loubon in Marseille. From 1854 to 1861, he worked as a notary clerk in Marseille. He frequented Café Guerbois, a regular location of many future impressionist painters. Guigou painted mostly Provence landscapes using oil and watercolour. His early art was influenced by Loubon, and later by the Barbizon school and Gustave Courbet. He did not gain widespread recognition during his lifetime, and was often met with indifference at public exhibitions. Unable to survive financially from his own paintings, he also worked as an art tutor and critic. After his death, his pieces generally fell from the public eye for around thirty years until the Centennial Exposition of French Art in 1900, where he was rediscovered. His paintings can be found on public display in Paris and Marseille.
The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Works named in the authority record are Self-portrait and Les collines de Saint-Loup. Work by Paul Guigou is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Musée Léon-Dierx and Victoria and Albert Museum.
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1834
Paul Guigou was born in 1834 at Villars.
1871
Paul Guigou died in 1871 at 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
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- “Paul Guigou”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Archives de Paris, acte de décès , vue 15 / 31 .
- 2.La Lavandière. Musée d'Orsay.
- 3.Galerie Paul Prouté, catalogue , , .
- 4.André Alauzen et Laurent Noet, Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Éditions Jeanne Laffitte, 2006.
- 5.Route de la Gineste. Musée d'Orsay.
- 6.Paysage de Provence. Musée d'Orsay.
- 7.Colline de Saint-Loup. Musée d'Orsay.
- 8.Collines d'Allauch. POP Culture.
- 9.Paris-Marseille. Le Musée de Montparnasse. 2003.
- 10.Village de St Paul. Norton Simon Museum.
- 11.Rives de la Durance. Art Institut of Chicago.
- 12.La Merveilleuse Provence des peintres. NAEF/Aubéron. 1999. 2-908650-85-1.
- 13.Route près de Marseille. Catalogue Christie's.
- 14.Autoportrait. Musée d'Orsay.
- 15.Paysage provençal. Musée Fabre.
- 16.Martigues. Norton Simon Museum.
- 17.Sud de la France. Norton Simon Museum.
- 18.Pinacothèque nationale d'Athènes. Collections Landscape. www.nationalgallery.gr.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Armand Dayot, « Paul Guigou », L'Art et les Artistes, , .
- Claude Jeanne Bonnici, Paul Guigou, Edisud, 1989.
- André Alauzen di Genova, La Merveilleuse Provence des peintres, Aubéron, NAEF, 2001.
- Paul Guigou (1834-1871), Éditions Jeanne Laffitte, 2004.
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