Louis Anquetin

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Louis Anquetin was a French Post-Impressionist painter known for his bold use of flat color areas and outlines, and for helping pioneer the Cloisonnist style in late 19th-century Paris.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf French painter
Post-Impressionist painter
human
painter
activeIn Paris
activePeriod late 19th century
associatedWith Montmartre art scene
Parisian nightlife subjects
birthName Louis Anquetin NERFINISHED
citizenship France
contemporaryOf Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
countryOfBirth France
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1861-01-26
dateOfDeath 1932-08-19
educatedAt atelier of Fernand Cormon
atelier of Léon Bonnat
era 19th-century art
early 20th-century art
friendOf Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
genre cityscapes
genre scenes
portrait painting
influenced development of Cloisonnism
influencedBy Japanese prints
knownFor bold outlines
painting
pioneering Cloisonnist style
use of flat areas of color
movement Cloisonnism
Post-Impressionism
name Louis Anquetin NERFINISHED
nationality French
notableWork Avenue de Clichy, Five O’Clock in the Evening
Woman at the Champs-Élysées by Night
occupation artist
painter
placeOfBirth Étrépagny
placeOfDeath Paris
sexOrGender male
studentOf Fernand Cormon NERFINISHED
Léon Bonnat
styleCharacteristic areas of pure, unmodulated color
simplified forms
strong contour lines

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Émile Bernard
hasStudent
Cloisonnism
movementParticipant

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