Painter. He received world-wide acclaim as a French painter in the 19th century, with his paintings receiving first place at the Grand Medal of Honor at the Salon in Paris for 1865, 1867, and 1878. Recognizing his natural artistic talent at the age of eleven, he attended local art classes and with a grant, he was able to be accepted into The School of Fine Arts in Paris when he was seventeen, studying under Francois Edouard Picot. He held his first exhibit with the painting, “Agony in the Garden” at the Salon in Paris in 1844, and with the same piece, was awarded second place the Prix de Rome in 1844 and 1845. For this, he was a recipient of a scholarship to study at the Villa Medici in Rome. Using a strong Rococo stylistic influence, he painted historical, classical and religious theme paintings along with portraits of beautiful ladies and European royals. He painted a self-portrait in 1836, 1847 and 1852. The Hotel Chevalier de Montigny, which today is the home to the British Embassy in Paris, houses Cabanel’s 1855 murals on the ceiling and six panels of a salon. His true breakthrough came about 1860 when he turned his brush to mythological themes and nudes. His 1863 painting “The Birth of Venus” has come to be one of the best examples of 19 th academic painting, and was purchased by Emperor Napoleon III for his private collection. In 1875 a smaller version of this painting was privately commissioned and is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. As an art professor, he started teaching in 1864 at the School of Fine Arts in Paris to a host of students from European countries, the United States, and South America including Max Leehardt and American Henry Bacon. Although he was a conservative artist, he was opened-minded to younger artists supporting their modern thoughts, while teaching them until his death. Judging other artists, he was frequently appointed a juror of the Paris Salon. Several of his paintings are display in Russia's State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, British Museum in London, Museum d'Orsay in Paris and in Montpellier's Fabre Museum. “The Death of Moses,” which hangs in Dahesh Museum in New York City, gave him a second place award in the 1852 Paris Salon competition. In 2019 at Sotheby's Auction House, his paintings are being sold from $162,000 to $225,000 USD.
Painter. He received world-wide acclaim as a French painter in the 19th century, with his paintings receiving first place at the Grand Medal of Honor at the Salon in Paris for 1865, 1867, and 1878. Recognizing his natural artistic talent at the age of eleven, he attended local art classes and with a grant, he was able to be accepted into The School of Fine Arts in Paris when he was seventeen, studying under Francois Edouard Picot. He held his first exhibit with the painting, “Agony in the Garden” at the Salon in Paris in 1844, and with the same piece, was awarded second place the Prix de Rome in 1844 and 1845. For this, he was a recipient of a scholarship to study at the Villa Medici in Rome. Using a strong Rococo stylistic influence, he painted historical, classical and religious theme paintings along with portraits of beautiful ladies and European royals. He painted a self-portrait in 1836, 1847 and 1852. The Hotel Chevalier de Montigny, which today is the home to the British Embassy in Paris, houses Cabanel’s 1855 murals on the ceiling and six panels of a salon. His true breakthrough came about 1860 when he turned his brush to mythological themes and nudes. His 1863 painting “The Birth of Venus” has come to be one of the best examples of 19 th academic painting, and was purchased by Emperor Napoleon III for his private collection. In 1875 a smaller version of this painting was privately commissioned and is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. As an art professor, he started teaching in 1864 at the School of Fine Arts in Paris to a host of students from European countries, the United States, and South America including Max Leehardt and American Henry Bacon. Although he was a conservative artist, he was opened-minded to younger artists supporting their modern thoughts, while teaching them until his death. Judging other artists, he was frequently appointed a juror of the Paris Salon. Several of his paintings are display in Russia's State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, British Museum in London, Museum d'Orsay in Paris and in Montpellier's Fabre Museum. “The Death of Moses,” which hangs in Dahesh Museum in New York City, gave him a second place award in the 1852 Paris Salon competition. In 2019 at Sotheby's Auction House, his paintings are being sold from $162,000 to $225,000 USD.
Bio by: Linda Davis
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