Charles Camoin
Charles Camoin (French: [kamwɛ̃]; 23 September 1879 – 20 May 1965) was a French expressionist landscape painter associated with the Fauves.[1]
Born in Marseille, France, Camoin met Henri Matisse in Gustave Moreau's class at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[1] Matisse and his friends (including Camoin, Henri Manguin, Albert Marquet, Georges Rouault, André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck), formed the original group of artists labeled the Fauves (meaning "the wild beasts") for their wild, expressionist-like use of color. Camoin always remained close to Matisse. He painted a portrait of Matisse, which is in the permanent collection of the Pompidou Museum in Paris.
Charles Camoin's works have been widely shown in France and are in such major collections as the de la ville de Paris in addition to the Centre Georges Pompidou and many of the French regional museums. In 1955, he was awarded the Prix du Président de la République at the . He died in Paris on 20 May 1965.
External links[]
- Charles Camoin Bio – Findlay Galleries
- Camoin's Cats
- Charles Camoin on ArtNet
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Les Fauves: A Sourcebook, by Russell T. Clement, p. 2, web: Google Books.
- 1879 births
- 1965 deaths
- Artists from Marseille
- Fauvism
- 19th-century French painters
- French male painters
- 20th-century French painters
- 20th-century male artists
- 19th-century male artists