Albert Bettannier

Albert Bettannier
Born(1851-08-12)12 August 1851
Metz, France
Died17 November 1932(1932-11-17) (aged 81)
Paris, France
Known forPainting


Nicolas Albert Bettannier (12 August 1851 – 17 November 1932) was a French painter in the era of the French Third Republic.[1]

Life

La Tache Noire – one of Bettannier's most famous paintings. It depicts a child being taught about the "lost" province of Alsace-Lorraine in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War. This loss is a frequently recurring theme in his work.

Bettannier was born in Metz in 1851. He was the son of Jean Bettannier and Marie Bellatte. He studied in the Moselle department in France.[2] When a place called Alsace-Lorraine, where he was from, was taken away by Germany because France lost the Franco-Prussian War, he wanted to stay French and went to live in Paris. He studied in the Académie des beaux-arts. There, Henri Lehmann and Isidore Pils were his teachers. Starting from the year 1881, his paintings were often shown in the Salon des artistes français. His paintings were often about losing Alsace-Lorraine.[3][4]

Albert Bettannier got the Legion of Honour in 1908.[5]

He died on 17 November 1932 and his funeral was at Vaugirard Cemetery in Paris.

Work

  • La Tache noire (The Black Spot), Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, 1887
  • Le désespoir (The Despair), Musée de l'Ermitage, Saint-Pétersbourg, 1893
  • La Conquête de la Lorraine (The Conquest of Lorraine), 1910
  • L'Oiseau de France (The Bird of France), 1912.
  • The Black Spot or The Geography Lesson, 1887
    The Black Spot or The Geography Lesson, 1887
  • Le Désespoir ou Les Annexés en Lorraine, 1883
    Le Désespoir ou Les Annexés en Lorraine, 1883
  • Les Annexés en Alsace, 1911
    Les Annexés en Alsace, 1911
  • The Bird of France, 1912
    The Bird of France, 1912
  • Enchères à l'Hôtel Drouot, 1921
    Enchères à l'Hôtel Drouot, 1921

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References

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  1. ↑ "Albert Bettanier (3544)". www.musee-orsay.fr. Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ministère de la culture - Base Léonore". www2.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. ↑ François Robichon. "L'annexion de l'Alsace et de la Lorraine - Histoire analysée en images et œuvres d'art". L'histoire par l'image (in French). Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, gravure, lithographie et architecture des artistes vivants, étrangers et français, exposés au Palais des beaux-arts. 1855.
  5. ↑ "Ministère de la culture - Base Léonore". www2.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 22 February 2024.