(b. Neuilly, 1858)

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Oil on canvas

16" x 13"

22 1/2" x 20" framed

UR: Cl. Didier

SOLD

          Didier, an artist of the French school, was an extremely well-trained individual, having studied under the awesome Gerome, as well as under Leon Glaize and the well-known landscape artist Emmanuel Lansyer.  He painted primarily portraits and genre scenes, as well as landscapes.  

          Debuting at the Salon in 1880 with a portrait piece, Didier would come to exhibit there often.  Recognized initially for his landscape paintings of scenes of mountains in the Alps, he was an artist in a sort of direct conversation with nature.  It was with his highly acclaimed genre scenes, however, that he was able to make such a reputation for himself, depicting the restful hours of domestic life painted in an academic yet anecdotal manner.

Recorded:

Benezit, Emmanuel.  Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs.  (Paris: Librairie Grund,  1976).

Schurr, Gerald  and Pierre Cabanne.  Dictionnaire des Petits Maitres de la Peinture 1820 1920. ( Paris:  Les Editions de LAmateur,  1996).

Thieme, Ulrich  and Felix Becker.  Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden KunstlerERROR MSG.  (Leipzig:  Veb E. A. Seemann Verlag).