Through them, Cabanel did more than any other artist of his generation to form the character of belle epoque French painting". He won the Grande Medaille d'Honneur at the Salons of 1865, 1867, and 1878 and was closely connected to the Paris Salon: "He was elected regularly to the Salon jury and his pupils could be counted by the hundred at the Salons. Cabanel was appointed professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1864 and taught there until his death. He won the Prix de Rome scholarship in 1845 at the age of twenty two was elected a member of the Institute in 1863. He was an artist of truth, a positive and competent master of his art.Ĭabanel entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of seventeen, studied with François-Edouard Picot and exhibited at the Paris Salon for the first time in 1844. His method varies from smooth naturalistic to virtuoso paint handling. His design is sophisticated and his color is pleasant, natural, and ornamental, as needed. His drawing is excellent, expressive and informed by personal selection, knowledge and a quest for both natural and ideal beauty. His work displays originality and sincerity fixed with a deep sense of respect for the great art of the past. According to Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat, Cabanel is the best representative of the L'art pompier and Napoleon III's preferred painter. He was also famous as a portrait painter. Academic art is one of them.Alexandre Cabanel (1823 – 1889) was a French painter who painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. There is beauty and value in some traditions. It is a forgotten antique ring covered by layers of modern cheap necklaces in the jewelry box of art history. Academic art needs allyship among the artistic community. Just because Impressionism succeeded Academicism, doesn’t mean Academicism was inferior.
The Academic style of Cleopatra needs to be re-evaluated by modern society. It radiates color, confidence, and complexity. There is a routine feel-good element to it all.Ĭleopatra is not a radical painting, but it is a radiant painting. Perhaps it is a sense of connection to the past, its feelings of comfort and familiarity? It is similar to the feelings evoked by traditions on public holidays and festivals. There is a sense of beauty in traditionalism. It is not the radical avant-garde art of Impressionism, but not everything has to be radical to have artistic merit and value. Cleopatra is not a Realist painting, but it is painted in a realistic, yet polished, manner.
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