Eugène Girardet

Eugène Alexis Girardet (31 May 1853, Paris - 5 May 1907, Paris) was a French Orientalist painter.

Eugène Girardet
Flight into Egypt, painting by Eugène Girardet, date unknown
Born
Eugène Alexis Girardet

31 May 1853
Paris, France
Died5 May 1907
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole des Beaux-arts, Paris; Studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme
Known forPainter
MovementOrientalist

Biography

He came from a Swiss Huguenot family. His father was the engraver Paul Girardet (1821-1893). He studied at the École des Beaux-arts and in the studios of Jean-Léon Gérôme, who encouraged him to visit North Africa in 1874.[1]

In all, he made eight trips to Algeria after 1879 (some with his brothers Jules and Léon), especially to the south, around the oases of Biskra, El Kantara and Bou Saâda, where he worked with Étienne Dinet.[1] In 1898, he visited Egypt and Palestine, producing many works depicting the lives of desert nomads.

He exhibited regularly at the Salon and with the Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français (of which he was one of the founding members), with major shows at the Exposition Universelle (1900) and the Exposition Coloniale de Marseille of 1906.[1]

In addition to several museums in France, his works may also be seen at the Dahesh Museum of Art and the National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers.

Work
  • The Fruit Vendor, date unknown
  • 'A Caravan in the Dessert, date unknown
  • A Caravan in the Dunes of Bu S‘ādah, date unknown
  • A Village in the Sahara, date unknown
  • At the Souk, date unknown
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See also

References
  1. Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse.

Further reading
  • René Burnand, L'étonnante histoire des Girardet : artistes suisses (The Amazing Story of the Girardets...), La Baconnière, Neuchâtel, 1940, 299 p.
  • Lynne Thornton, The Orientalists: Painter-Travellers (1828-1908), ACR Édition, Courbevoie (Paris), 1983, pgs.108-109 ISBN 2-86770-083-3
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