Louis Ferdinand Antoni

Louis-Ferdinand Antoni

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Country wey e be citizen	France
Name wey dem give am	Louis
Family name	Antoni
Ein date of birth	15 November 1872
Place dem born am	Bastia
Date wey edie	14 December 1940
Place wey edie	Algiers
Spouse	Marie Gautier
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	French
Ein occupation	painter
Educate for	Beaux-Arts de Paris, Graduate School of Fine Arts of Algiers
Student of	Hippolyte Dubois, Léon Bonnat
Work period (start)	1908
Work period (end)	1937
Copyright status as creator	copyrights on works have expired

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Louis Ferdinand Antoni (15 November 1872, Bastia – 14 December 1940, Algiers) na he be French Orientalist painter den sculptor.

Biography

Not long after ein birth, ein family move from Corsica to Algeria. Der, he study for de Collège St-Charles insyd Blida, then for de Lycée insyd Algiers. Na he dey der for a short time per before he transfer to de Ecole des Beaux-Arts d'Alger, wer na he study plus Hippolyte Dubois. Insyd 1892, he obtain a scholarship wey enable am make he study insyd Paris; for de École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, den insyd de studios of Léon Bonnat. Na ein primary artistic influences be Eugène Delacroix den de Impressionists.

After he lef Paris, he return to Algeria, wer he exhibit insyd de local salons, buh he sanso participate insyd showings for de Salon des Artistes Français. Insyd 1906, he marry de artist, Marie Gautier (c.1870–?), wey introduce am to de art of color engraving. Dis soon cam turn ein primary enthusiasm, wey he produce chaw etchings wey na dem publish insyd France. After dis, he exhibit exclusively plus de Société nationale des beaux-arts.

Insyd 1909, na dem award am a grant make he travel thru out French West Africa; wey he visit Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Senegal den Timbuktu, insyd de French Sudan. Na ebe a very busy, fruitful period wey produce chaw etchings den canvases. Dey follow dis trip, he return to Paris make he study fresco painting.

Insyd 1912, na dem appoint am Professor of Decorative Arts for ein alma mater, de École des beaux-arts, wey na he hold dat position til ein death. Two years later, he enlist as a soldier wey na he wound insyd battle, for wich na dem decorate am plus de Legion of Honor. After de death of Léon Cauvy, insyd 1933, he cam turn de École ein Director.

Dem fi see ein works for de Musée National des Beaux-Arts d'Alger, Ahmed Zabana National Museum, den de Musée du Luxembourg.

Sources

• Marion Vidal-Bué, Alger et ses peintres 1830-1962, éditions Paris Méditerranée, 2000 ISBN 978-2-8427-2095-7
• Elisabeth Cazenave, Les artistes de l'Algérie, Bernard Giovanangeli, éditions Association Abd-el-Tif, 2001 ISBN 978-2-916929-27-9
• Biography by Robert Randau @ the Cercle Algérianiste

External links

• More works by Antoni @ ArtNet