Georges Jules Victor Clairin (French, 1843-1919)
Un dimanche en bord de mer/ A Sunday by the sea, c. 1888
Oil on canvas
90.8 x 131.5cm (35 3/4 x 51 3/4in)
Private collection
Georges Jules Victor Clairin (11 September
1843, Paris – Pouldu, Clohars-Carnoët 2 September 1919) was a French Oriental painter and illustrator. He was influenced by
oriental painting and Moorish architecture, and visited North Africa many
times, in particular Morocco and Egypt. In Paris he led the life of a
socialite, and befriended the glamorous actress Sarah Bernhardt, his friend for
50 years, and is today best known for his 'in costume' and informal intimate
portratits of her.
Clairin
was apprenticed in the workshops of Isidore Pils and François-Édouard Picot. In
1861 he entered the École des beaux-arts de Paris, and in 1866 first displayed
his work. He travelled to Spain with Henri Regnault and to Italy with François
Flameng and Jean-Léon Gérôme. He met the Catalan painter Marià Fortuny in
Morocco and they visited Tétouan together. In 1895, he travelled to Egypt with
the composer Camille Saint-Saëns.
He is best known for his portraits of Sarah
Bernhardt, with whom he had a long friendship and whom he depicted in costume
for a number of her roles. More on
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