Joseph-Félix Bouchor (1854-1937) painter: Moments of life.
In Fine| N° d'inventaire | 26464 |
| Format | 20 x 25 |
| Détails | 96 p., illustrated, bound. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782902302109 |
While it is common and practical to classify artists by schools, categories, or influences, this type of compartmentalization may prove ill-suited to certain personalities who have sought to escape them their entire lives. Joseph-Félix Bouchor belongs precisely to this category of artists who cannot be assigned to a movement, or rather who should be assigned to several: academic, orientalist, naturalist, landscaper, portraitist, military painter, he was all of these successively...and sometimes at the same time. The painter's talent alone provides only a fragmentary explanation for this diversity. Studying such a complex personality requires understanding his era, in other words, examining the environment to explain the man.
Born into a family of doctors, he led a bohemian life in Montmartre with his poet brother, Maurice Bouchor, then trained as a painter in the forest of Fontainebleau. Traveling extensively, he painted Egypt, Algeria, Morocco... before settling in Freneuse in Seine-Maritime. Within easy reach of Paris, this corner of Normandy offered many themes to this salon painter who enjoyed considerable success.
While it is common and practical to classify artists by schools, categories, or influences, this type of compartmentalization may prove ill-suited to certain personalities who have sought to escape them their entire lives. Joseph-Félix Bouchor belongs precisely to this category of artists who cannot be assigned to a movement, or rather who should be assigned to several: academic, orientalist, naturalist, landscaper, portraitist, military painter, he was all of these successively...and sometimes at the same time. The painter's talent alone provides only a fragmentary explanation for this diversity. Studying such a complex personality requires understanding his era, in other words, examining the environment to explain the man.
Born into a family of doctors, he led a bohemian life in Montmartre with his poet brother, Maurice Bouchor, then trained as a painter in the forest of Fontainebleau. Traveling extensively, he painted Egypt, Algeria, Morocco... before settling in Freneuse in Seine-Maritime. Within easy reach of Paris, this corner of Normandy offered many themes to this salon painter who enjoyed considerable success.