William Albert Ablett
Illustration — William Ablett; from his obituary in Le Matin William Albert Ablett (9 July 1877 – 25 April 1936) was a French painter, designer and engraver of English ancestry. He is best known for his fashionable portraits of women.
Also recorded as William A. F. Ablett · William Ablett
William Albert Ablett

William Albert Ablett · Rodrigo Fernández · Public domain
- Born
- 1877 · Paris.
- Died
- 1936 · Paris.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson · printmaker
- Fields
- portrait
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — William Ablett; from his obituary in Le Matin William Albert Ablett (9 July 1877 – 25 April 1936) was a French painter, designer and engraver of English ancestry. He is best known for his fashionable portraits of women.
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William Albert Ablett studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The recorded working language is English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by William Albert Ablett is recorded in the collections of Museo de Bellas Artes de Valparaíso and Ulster Museum. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
• Illustration — Girl with a Muff He was born in Paris. His father, William James Ablett (1843–1909), was President of the British Chambers of Commerce office in France. In 1897, he entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts as a foreign student. He studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme and Albert Aublet, who would also become his friend. In 1900, he was awarded a second prize for his drawings from nature at the Salon. In 1905, he was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle de Liège. In 1907, he became a member of the Cercle de l'Union artistique. He was a regular exhibitor at the Société nationale des beaux-arts from 1910 to 1936; presenting mostly portraits and genre scenes. He began working with engravings during the early 1920s, primarily illustrations for magazines and reviews. Many of his works were female figures related to fashion and the decorative arts, done as colored etchings. In 1930, he was named a Knight in the Legion of Honor. He was also elected to the Royal Academy of Arts. The following year, his daughter, Marie-Germaine Ablett, married the architect, Louis Aublet, the son of his former teacher and friend Albert Aublet • Illustration — Portrait of the Artist's Daughter He was fatally injured in an automobile accident in an alley near the Bois de Boulogne, and died the following morning at Beaujon Hospital.
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William Albert Ablett is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour.

Ablett W.A. - Pencil - Etude de visages féminins - 19x12cm; ce dessin est issu d'un carnet d'études de W.A. Ablett, aujourd'hui démantelé. Il date environ de 1900.
William Albert Ablett

Ablett W.A. - Pencil - Vieille femme normande au rouet (I) - 12x19cm; ce dessin est issu d'un carnet appartenant à W.A. Ablett, aujourd'hui démantelé. Il est daté de 1900 et situé en Normandie. Il s'agit d'un dessin préparatoire à une huile de l'artiste de composition analogue, réalisée en 1901. On pourra comparer au dessin suivant, issu du même carnet d'esquisses: https: commons.wikimedia.org/wi
William Albert Ablett
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1877
William Albert Ablett born at Paris.
1936
William Albert Ablett died at Paris.
1937
Woman with an Umbrella is dated 1937.
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- 1.Catalogue des anciens élèves en ligne, Cat'zArts, sur ensba.fr.
- 2.« Ablett, William », dans Janine Bailly-Herzberg, Dictionnaire de l'estampe en France (1830-1950), Paris, Arts et métiers graphiques / Flammarion, 1985, .
- 3.Le Temps, 31 mars 1930, page 4 [encadré] — sur Gallica.
- 4.Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués, , avril 1931, — sur Gallica.
- 5.Le Temps, 27 avril 1936 — sur Gallica.
- 6.Le Matin, 26 avril 1936, en une et en page 7 — sur Gallica.
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- Emmanuel Bénézit. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs & graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Ablett (William-Albert). Paris. Gründ. 1924. 1056. 12.
- Benezit. Oxford University Press. 1. 2012. 978-0-19-992305-2.
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William Albert Ablett received Knight of the Legion of Honour. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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Museo de Bellas Artes de Valparaíso and Ulster Museum
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