Charles maurin biography

French painter

Not to be confused with Irish author Charles Maturin.

Charles Maurin (1 April 1856 – 22 July 1914)^[1] was a French painter and engraver in a variety of styles.

Life and career

Maurin was born in Le Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes).

He was awarded the Prix Crozatier in 1875, and used the funds to go to Paris to study art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Jules Lefebvre from 1876 to 1879.^[2] He also studied at the Académie Julian, where he eventually taught.^[2] He exhibited at the Salon of French artists and became a member of the Society of French Artists in 1883.^[2] He was a friend and mentor of the painter Félix Vallotton.^[3]

Art

Maurin received the support of Vollard and was a friend of Toulouse-Lautrec—who had his first individual exhibition with him in 1893—and also of many other artists, including François-Rupert Carabin and the entertainer Aristide Bruant.

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