Hughes de Beaumont, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French painter
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Place of Birth: Chouzy-sur-Cisse, Centre-Val de Loire, France
About Hughes de Beaumont
- Hughes de Beaumont (26 October 1874 – 6 June 1947) was a French painter and engraver of genre, portraits, landscapes and still lifes. Beaumont studied under Albert Mangan and Theobald Chartran, and then under Gustave Moreau between 1892-1898.
- He exhibited at the Salon of French artists in Paris 1892 and 1945; and at the Salon of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris 1902.
- He has exhibited in Barcelona in 1912, Chicago in 1919, Wiesbaden in 1920, 1926 in Amsterdam, Brussels and 1928 in Tokyo.
- He was awarded the LĂ©gion d'honneur in 1930, and had two retrospective of his works were presented in Paris in 1927 and 1945.
- Beaumont produced work in the "intimiste" style which often depicted bourgeois settings.
- The term was coined by Édouard Vuillard who used it to describe his own style.
- Other practitioners include Maurice Lobre, René Georges Hermann-Paul, Henri Matisse, Rene Prinet and Ernest Laurent.
- The Intimists first collective exhibition was shown at Henry Grave's galleries in 1905.
- The exhibition included several works by Hughes de Beaumont. He was known for his figure scenes and portraits of wealthy people, but also depicted landscapes and still lifes.
- Beaumont used a sombre palette for his still-life, usually consisting of a green and blue colour scheme, with the paint applied in an expressionistic way, on the small lightweight wooden panel.
- His impasto and broad brushstrokes gives the paintings a forceful and intense impact on the viewer.
- Beaumont's works have been exhibited and collected by major museums and galleries throughout the world, including: Aix-en-Provence - Musée Granet Boston - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Cork - Crawford Art Gallery Glasgow - Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Lyon - Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon Montpellier - Musée Fabre Paris - Musée du Luxembourg Tours - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours
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