Cabanel - Alexandre Cabanel

French painter. Born in Montpellier, he studied at the Picot studio of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He won the Prix de Rome in 1845. He also painted portraits, but gained fame for his mythological nudes such as "Venus," which received numerous commissions from Napoleon III and other countries, making him a leading painter of the official exhibition school during the Second Empire. He became a member of the Academie in 1863. He later led Academism as a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts and a judge for official exhibitions. His work was characterized by clear details and an emphasis on classical contours, and was opposed to the avant-garde of the time, namely Impressionism. He left decorative murals in many mansions in Paris, and painted "The Life of Saint Louis" for the Pantheon.

[Kimio Nakayama]

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フランスの画家。モンペリエに生まれ、パリ美術学校のピコの画室で学ぶ。1845年ローマ賞受賞。肖像画も描くが、「ビーナス」などの神話画の裸婦で名声を得て、ナポレオン3世をはじめ諸国から注文を数多く受け、第二帝政期の官展派の指導的画家となる。63年アカデミー会員。その後美術学校教授、官展の審査員としてアカデミスムを統率する。細部の明確な仕上げ、古典主義的な輪郭線の強調などを特色とし、当時の前衛、つまり印象主義に対立した。パリの数多くの邸館などにも装飾壁画を残し、パンテオンには『聖ルイ伝』を描いている。

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