Adolphe Appian (1818-1898) The Banks Of The Ain, Signed Drawing

Adolphe Appian (1818-1898) Les Bords de l'Ain (Shores of Ain), signed lower left charcoal and white chalk on paper 36 x 45 cm In quite good condition : foxings in the upper part (mainly on the upper left), and in the lower right part, trace of fold on the lower right, see photographs please In its vintage frame : 51 x 60 cm Adolphe Appian has painted and drawn the river Ain several times, making of these shores one of his preferd motive. He lived and worked in the village of Rossillon in the vicinity. Adolphe Appian(born asJacques Barthelemy Adolphe Appianon 23 August 1818 inLyon,France, died on 29 April 1898 in Lyon) was a Frenchlandscape painterandetcher. He changed his name to Adolphe Appian at age fifteen. At the same age Appian attended theEcole des Beaux-Artsat Lyon which was an art school which specialized in training to decorate fabrics by a local silk industry. He studied underJean-Michel Grobonand Augustin Alexandre Thierrat. Later he opened a studio in Lyon and worked as a graphic designer. He travelled to Paris to finish his studies and after he had exhibited a painting and a charcoal drawing in theParis Salon In 1852, Adolphe Appian metCamille CorotandCharles-François Daubignywho left a lasting mark on his work and his career.Until then, he was divided between music and painting;henceforth he mainly devoted himself to the second, adopting the style of theBarbizon school.He participated in theUniversal Exhibition of 1862inLondon. In 1866, Appian's two works that he exhibited in Paris were bought byNapoleon IIIand by princessMathilde. He painted at the beginning of his career atmospheric pictures in amonochromaticpalette of the riverside of theRhoneand the south of France. In 1870 he changed his style to use brilliant and striking color in his paintings but he still continued to makecharcoaldrawings as well as small etchings of landscapes in theBarbizonstyle. From 1863, he began to produceetchings, printed byAuguste Delâtre: he had made two attempts in 1853-1854, and produced a total of ninety pieces As an etcher, he had a distinct influence on the American artist,Stephen Parrish. In 1885, he participated in the firstinternational exhibition of white and black, section "Charcoals" and obtained the medal of honor in gold. He won the gold medal at the 1868 Salon in Paris, and participated in the1889 Paris Universal Exhibition. Appian frequented the village ofRossillon, then appreciated by painters, and spent many summers inArtemare, in theBas-Bugey, where he went down to the Hotel Buffet.He painted many sites in theValromey.A friend of the painters of the Barbizon school, he made several stays inFontainebleau.He is nicknamed the "Charcoal Delacroix". AppointedKnight of the Legion of HonorinJuly 18926, Adolphe Appian died in Lyon in 1898. His works a re kept in many public collections : In France National Library of France Municipal Museum of Bourg-en-Bresse Castre Museum Marseille,Cantini Museum, Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon Nice Museum of Fine Arts Cherbourg-Octeville,Thomas-Henry Museum Mâcon,Musée des Ursuliness Chambery Museum of Fine Arts: Tournus,Greuze Museum Paul-Dini Museum in Villefranche-sur-Saône Grenoble, Grenoble Museum Rouen Museum of Fine Arts Nantes Museum of Fine Arts Le Puy-en-Velay,Crozatier Museum Montpellier,Fabre Museum In the USA San Francisco,California Palace of the Legion of Honor Cleveland Museum of Art Dalhousie University Art Gallery (Halifax,Nova Scotia) Pomona College Museum of Art