Camille Berlin

Camille Berlin
Born(1866-02-06)6 February 1866
Paris, France
Diedunknown

Camille Berlin (6 February 1866 – ?) was a French painter.

Early life and education

Camille Berlin was born on 6 February 1866 in the 4th arrondissement of Paris to Félicie Léontine Esmieu and Étienne Napoléon Berlin.[1] Her parents married in 1863[2] and her older sister, Berthe Antoinette Félicie, was born nine months later.[3] Her father, a primary school teacher, was headmaster of the local school at the time of her birth.

Camille Berlin studied painting with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian,[4] and with Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin.[5]

Career

Camille Berlin exhibited at the Salon des artistes français from 1889[5] and her work was awarded a honorable mention in 1900.[6] She won a silver medal at l'exposition internationale d'Angers in 1895.[5] She exhibited works in exhibitions in Troyes, Nantes, Angers and Montauban.[4]

Camille Berlin as a young woman

Her painting studio was at 65, rue de Malte, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.[7][8]

Berlin joined the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors in 1892.[4]

In 1901, Berlin was appointed Ordre des Palmes académiques[9] then Officier de l'instruction publique in 1912.[10]

In 1914, her painting Autoportrait dans l'atelier (Self-portrait in the studio) was exhibited at the 3rd Salon of the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors.[11]

Later life

Berlin moved to Toulon around 1920,[12][13] and lived at 1 impasse Jeanne, faubourg du Mourillon.[14] She later moved to villa Clair Logis, on avenue Frédéric-Mistral, La Seyne-sur-Mer around 1928.[15] After selling her property on 5 June 1930, by 1931 she was living at 14 quai du Port in Marseille.[16] She disappears from the public record after this date.

Works in public collections

  • Fillette aux cerises, 1907, huile sur toile, 46 × 55 cm; Musée Saint-Nazaire de Bourbon-Lancy.[17]
  • Autoportrait dans l'atelier, huile sur toile, 100 × 80 cm; Musée d'Art de Toulon.
  • Œuvres de Camille Berlin
  • Autoportrait (1914), musée d'Art de Toulon.
    Autoportrait (1914), musée d'Art de Toulon.
  • Fillette aux cerises (1907), musée Saint-Nazaire de Bourbon-Lancy.
    Fillette aux cerises (1907), musée Saint-Nazaire de Bourbon-Lancy.

Legacy and commemoration

Berlin's painting La lecture sous la lampe, (1899) was sold in the 1990s.[18] Un soir, (1902) was sold in Chicago in 2023.[19]

In 2016, the Musée d'Art de Toulon exhibited her Autoportrait dans l'atelier (Self-portrait in the studio) as part of the Elles s'exposent exhibition, which featured a hundred works by women artists held in its collections. An article in the regional newspaper Var-Matin celebrated Camille Berlin as "une Toulonnaise" (a woman from Toulon).[20]

Awards

  • Officier d'Académie (1901).
  • Officier de l'Instruction publique (1912).

References

  1. ^ Acte de naissance No. 412, 6 février 1866, Paris, Archives de Paris (vue 10/31).
  2. ^ Acte de mariage No. 91, 5 février 1863, Paris, Archives de Paris (vue 18/31).
  3. ^ Acte de naissance No. 3611, 23 novembre 1863, Paris, Archives de Paris (avec mention marginale de décès) (vue 11/31).
  4. ^ a b c Martin, Jules (1897). Nos peintres et sculpteurs, graveurs, dessinateurs : portraits et biographies suivis d'une notice sur les salons français depuis 1673, les sociétés de beaux-arts, la propriété artistique, etc. Tome II. Paris: Flammarion. Retrieved 2022-03-31..
  5. ^ a b c "Benlin, Camille [sic]". Dictionnaire Bénézit..
  6. ^ "Benezit Dictionary of Artists - Camille Berlin". wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00017350. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  7. ^ "Bulletin de la Société populaire des beaux-arts : publication trimestrielle". Gallica. 1898-01-01. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  8. ^ Paris-Hachette (in French). 1903-01-01. Retrieved 2022-03-31..
  9. ^ "Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets". Gallica (in French). 1901-03-29. p. 2080. Retrieved 2022-03-31..
  10. ^ "Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets". Gallica (in French). 1912-02-29. p. 1986. Retrieved 2022-03-31..
  11. ^ La Liberté (in French). 1914-02-08. Retrieved 2022-03-31..
  12. ^ Berlin, Camille, Répertoire alphabétique nom-prénom des hypothèques 1931-1955, conservation de Toulon, volume 17 bis, feuillet 112, Archives départementales du Var (vue 90/93)
  13. ^ Relevé de formalités de Madame Camille Léontine Blanche Berlin, volume 314, case No. 414, bureau de Toulon, cote 4Q 1266, Archives départementales du Var (note: damaged register, not digitised)
  14. ^ Transcription hypothécaire d'un acte de vente, 16 juillet 1926, conservation de Toulon, vol. 233, Archives départementales du Var (vues 26-28/204)
  15. ^ Transcription hypothécaire d'un acte de vente, 11 juin 1930, conservation de Toulon, vol. 414, Archives départementales du Var (vues 174-177 /188)
  16. ^ Recensement de population, Marseille, (rue du Port) 1931, Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône
  17. ^ "Fillette aux cerises". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-31..
  18. ^ "Artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  19. ^ "Invaluable".
  20. ^ rédaction, La (2016-05-12). "La femme dans presque tous ses états". Var-Matin (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-30.