Ernest Victor Hareux (18 February 1847, Paris - 16 February 1909, Grenoble) was a French painter of landscapes and genre scenes.

Ernest Victor Hareux (1890s); by Henri-Constantin Renard-Brault
The Road to the Petit Séminaire, near Grenoble
(now the Rue Anatole France)

Biography edit

He displayed a talent for drawing at the age of ten, and studied with several well known artists, including Charles Busson [fr], Émile Bin and Léon Germain Pelouse.[1] His first exhibition at the Salon was in 1868, and he gave regular showings there throughout his life; receiving a third-class medal in 1880. He was named a member of the Société des Artistes Français in 1883.

Occasionally, he painted in Normandy, and in La Creuse, where he joined the École de Crozant and met Laurent Guétal, a priest and painter, who invited him to Grenoble in 1887. The frequent bad weather there prevented him from painting, and he became discouraged, but returned again the following year.[2]

He eventually came to favor painting in the mountains; befriending Théodore Ravanat, and other members of the artists' colony at Proveysieux. He was also associated with the École dauphinoise [fr], which included Charles Bertier and Jean Achard, and was one of the founding members of the "Société des peintres de la montagne".

In 1906, he was named a Knight in the Légion of Honor.[3] The following year, he was elected to chair #48 at the Académie Delphinale [fr] in Grenoble.

References edit

  1. ^ Maurice Wantellet, Deux siècles et plus de peinture dauphinoise, self-published (1987) ISBN 978-2-9502223-0-5
  2. ^ Le sentiment de la Montagne, exhibition catalog, Glénat / Musée de Grenoble, 1998, ISBN 2-7234-2614-9
  3. ^ Dossier @ the Base Léonore

Further reading edit

  • Émile Bellier de La Chavignerie and Louis Auvray, Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'école française depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'à nos jours, Paris, Librairie Renouard, Vol.1, 1882
  • Valérie Huss (Ed.), Grenoble et ses artistes au au xixe siècle, exhibition catalog, Musée de Grenoble, 2020 ISBN 94-616-1594-9

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