Ernest Gustave Girardot

Self-portrait of Ernest Gustave Girardot
"Portrait of a Nineteenth-Century Gentleman in Court Dress"

Ernest Gustave Girardot (1840–1904) was born into a well-known artistic French family and worked as a genre and portrait painter throughout his life.[1] His portraits of Tennyson and Lady Lytton are held in high regard.[2]

Girardot exhibited between 1880 and 1904 at the Royal Academy in London, the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Scottish Academy and Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. He became a member of the Society of British Artists in 1874.[3]

Girardot's home and workplace were at first in Notting Hill and later at 'The Studio', Upper Park Road, Haverstock Hill, London.[4] He was a friend and correspondent of James McNeill Whistler and many of their letters have survived.[5]

Ernest Gustave Girardot had a son and daughter – the diminutive son, Etienne Girardot (1856–1939), who initially studied to become a painter, later became an acclaimed stage and screen actor.[6]

References

  1. ^ 21 artworks by or after Ernest Gustave Girardot, Art UK
  2. ^ "GIRARDOT, Ernest Gustave R.B.A. (1840 ? 1904) - Portrait of William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. ^ "The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler :: Biography".
  4. ^ "Paris Universal Exposition of 1878 : Catalogue of the British fine art section". 1878.
  5. ^ "University of Glasgow - MyGlasgow - Archives & Special Collections - Manuscripts".
  6. ^ "GIRARDOT, Etienne". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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