Charles Camoin 1879-1965 "Paysage" Oil on canvas / Signed lower right Dimensions : 73 x 92 cm Dimensions : 28.74 x 36.22 inch 32 avenue Marceau 75008 Paris | +33 (0)1 42 61 42 10 | +33 (0)6 07 88 75 84 |
[email protected] | galeriearyjan.com Charles Camoin 1879-1965 Biography Charles Camoin was born in 1879 in Marseille. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Marseille and received in 1895 a first prize. From 1898, Camoin studied at the Fine Art School in Paris in Gustave Moreau's studio. There, he met Henri Matisse, Albert Marquet and Henri Manguin. After the death of Moreau, Camoin decided to study in the Camillo Academy. In the same time, he was copying the great masters at the Louvre Museum, including Delacroix, Rubens and Fragonard. He made his first landscapes and sketches of Paris in the 1900s. In 1902, Camoin met Paul Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence with whom he befriended. After his military service, Camoin returned to Paris in 1903 and joined the group of artists around Henri Matisse: Henri Manguin, Albert Marquet and Jean Puy. They exhibited together at Berthe Weill's gallery. He participated with them in the "Cage aux Fauves" of the Salon d'Automne of 1905. Since then affiliated with Fauvism, he quickly became successful, exhibiting regularly in Paris and European salons. In 1908, Camoin had his first private exhibition, at the gallery of the young merchant Daniel Henri Kahnweiler. He joined Matisse in Tangier where he spent the winter season in 1912. On his return from Tangiers, Camoin destroyed a large part of the paintings in his studio.