Les Environs de Montmartre 1763 - 1843

George Michel

ToilePeinture à l'huilePeindre
65 ⨯ 81 cm
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• Sur l'oeuvre d'art
  Les Environs de Montmartre by Georges Michel (1763-1843)
  
  Michel was born in Paris. His father was an employee at Les Halles, a large marketplace in the central part of the city. Michel's first patron, at a very early age, was a certain Monsieur de Chalue. His first painting teacher was one Leduc, a history painter, and later Michel studied under Nicolas-Antoine Taunay. Although he exhibited at the Paris Salon, he failed to achieve recognition and earned his living by working as copyist and restorer; he specialized in Dutch paintings and was helped in business by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun's husband.
  Most of Michel's work concentrates on rural landscapes in the area around Paris. He was influenced by Dutch landscape painters such as Jacob van Ruisdael and Meindert Hobbema. Michel worked in oil and watercolor with equal facility.
  
  He was forgotten for decades after his death; the first large exhibition of his work was presented by the Parisian Jean Charpentier hotel, in 1927. Today his works are found in museums around the world, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Portland Art Museum, Vanderbilt University Gallery, Strasbourg Musée des Beaux-Arts, Victoria and Albert Museum, and many others.
• Sur l'artiste
  Georges Michel est né le 12 janvier 1763 à Paris. Son père était employé aux Halles, la grande place du marché central de Paris. Michel a eu de nombreux mécènes tout au long de sa vie et même une exposition au Salon de Paris, mais il n'a pas réussi à devenir un artiste indépendant reconnu: il a travaillé comme copiste et restaurateur. L’œuvre de Michel se concentre sur les paysages ruraux de Paris et des environs. Les peintres paysagistes néerlandais ont eu une grande influence sur lui. Michel est décédé le 7 ou le 8 juin 1843. De nos jours, ses œuvres, à l'huile et à l'aquarelle, font partie des collections de nombreux musées, comme le Victoria and Albert Museum de Londres.