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Along with Henri Matisse, Charles Camoin was among the group of young artists who exhibited in Paris at the historic Salon d’Automne of 1905. Coined fauves (wild beasts) by the art critic Louis Vauxcelles, these audacious painters were united by their broad application of bright, unmixed colors. Although Camoin’s palette in this painting is relatively subdued, his schematic rendering of the subject—fellow painter Emilie Charmy—through flat patches of color is characteristic of the Fauvist style.
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Nicole Myers, DMA label copy, 2017.
NOTES
Created 1905
Emilie Charmy, an artist and friend of Charles Camoin, is shown painting at her easel in an interior that is both warm and cool, described by a variety of orange and blue tones. The artist's intense focus as she directs her brush recalls writer Colette's description of a "subtle brush . . . guided by a lucid passion."
Camoin was a fellow student with Henri Matisse and Albert Marquet in the studio of Gustave Moreau. Camoin's use of color was tamer than that of some of his young peers, but he employed a characteristically flat, fauvist style, combined with a dark outlining that paid homage to Paul Gauguin.
Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, October 2010
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Camoin was a fellow student with Matisse and Marquet, in the Paris studio of Gustave Moreau. With them he took part in the historic Salon d'Automne of 1905, the exhibition that came to be called the Cage Aux Fauves ("Cage of Wild Beasts"), a term coined by the critic, Louis Vauxcelles. In this painting of 1905, Camoin's use of color was tamer than that of some of his colleagues, but he employed a characteristically flat, Fauvist style, combined with a dark outlining that paid homage to the cloissonisme of Gauguin.
Camoin was fond of painting portraits of fellow artists. Here he depicts Emilie Charmy's intense glance as she guides her brush to a canvas, recalling Colette's description of a "subtle brush . . . guided by a lucid passion."
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Camoin, Charles (French, 1879-1965)
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Place of origin: France (nation): TGN: 1000070
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Emilie Charmy
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- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid~Read a biography of Charles Camoin.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York~View a self portrait of Camoin depicted as a soldier.
- Art Institute of Chicago~Check out this painting by the sitter of this portrait, artist Emilie Charmy (1880-1974).
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General Description
Along with Henri Matisse, Charles Camoin was among the group of young artists who exhibited in Paris at the historic Salon d’Automne of 1905. Coined fauves (wild beasts) by the art critic Louis Vauxcelles, these audacious painters were united by their broad application of bright, unmixed colors. Although Camoin’s palette in this painting is relatively subdued, his schematic rendering of the subject—fellow painter Emilie Charmy—through flat patches of color is characteristic of the Fauvist style.
Excerpt from
Nicole Myers, DMA label copy, 2017.
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- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid~Read a biography of Charles Camoin.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York~View a self portrait of Camoin depicted as a soldier.
- Art Institute of Chicago~Check out this painting by the sitter of this portrait, artist Emilie Charmy (1880-1974).
Notes
Created 1905
Emilie Charmy, an artist and friend of Charles Camoin, is shown painting at her easel in an interior that is both warm and cool, described by a variety of orange and blue tones. The artist's intense focus as she directs her brush recalls writer Colette's description of a "subtle brush . . . guided by a lucid passion."
Camoin was a fellow student with Henri Matisse and Albert Marquet in the studio of Gustave Moreau. Camoin's use of color was tamer than that of some of his young peers, but he employed a characteristically flat, fauvist style, combined with a dark outlining that paid homage to Paul Gauguin.
Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, October 2010
In Public Notes:
Camoin was a fellow student with Matisse and Marquet, in the Paris studio of Gustave Moreau. With them he took part in the historic Salon d'Automne of 1905, the exhibition that came to be called the Cage Aux Fauves ("Cage of Wild Beasts"), a term coined by the critic, Louis Vauxcelles. In this painting of 1905, Camoin's use of color was tamer than that of some of his colleagues, but he employed a characteristically flat, Fauvist style, combined with a dark outlining that paid homage to the cloissonisme of Gauguin.
Camoin was fond of painting portraits of fellow artists. Here he depicts Emilie Charmy's intense glance as she guides her brush to a canvas, recalling Colette's description of a "subtle brush . . . guided by a lucid passion."
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Camoin, Charles (French, 1879-1965)
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Place of origin: France (nation): TGN: 1000070
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Emilie Charmy
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