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Victor Léon Jean Pierre Charreton, born in Bourgoin (Isère) on March 2, 1864, and died in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) on November 26, 1936, was a French Post-Impressionist painter.[1]
Biography
Charreton grew up in a wealthy family. He showed an early interest in poetry and painting. His law studies led him to becoming a solicitor at the Lyon Court of Appeal. In 1893, he married Elmy Chatin, the daughter of a contractor from Puy-de-Dôme.[2]
Charreton made his debut at the Salon of the Lyon Society of Fine Arts in 1894. In 1902, he sold his practice to devote himself entirely to painting.
Using both cardboard and canvas, he employed both palette knife and brush. In 1903, he founded the Salon d'Automne with the painter Bonnard. His success was rapid, and his reputation soon extended beyond the salon circles.
He resided in Paris but frequently returned to his native Auvergne. He also stayed in Brittany, notably in Pont-Aven in 1910 and 1911, Doëlan, Bénodet, Pont-l'Abbé, and Perros-Guirec.
He was awarded the Legion of Honour as a painter in 1914.
In 1929, he founded the Musée de Bourgoin-Jallieu, of which he became president. It houses the most important collection of Charreton's paintings.
He died in Clermont-Ferrand on November 26, 1936.
The Landscape Painter
Victor Charreton belongs to that generation of French artists who devoted themselves entirely to landscape painting, following in the footsteps of the Impressionist painters. He painted en plein air, capturing the places that resonated with him according to the seasons, the light, and the colors. The Auvergne, Brittany, and Provence regions were particularly dear to him, not to mention southern Europe and the Maghreb, where he had the opportunity to stay. He showed a predilection for the winter landscapes of the Auvergne. His spring and autumn landscapes, on the other hand, burst with color.
During his visit to the 1933 Salon d'Automne, Michel Florisoone placed him alongside Maurice Asselin, Gaston Balande, Jean Fernand-Trochain, Tristan Klingsor, Robert Lotiron, Paul-Émile Pissarro, Raymond Renefer, René Seyssaud, Henri Vergé-Sarrat, and Jules Zingg, within "the unchanging phalanx of landscape painters enamored of foliage and rivers" [5].
The Church of Murol and the Frost, From the Terrace of Saint-Amand-Tallende in Autumn, Fields Seen from Eugénie's Garden, Snow on the Pond, are some of the titles of his canvases that are significant in their pictorial exploration.
The Murol School
Victor Charreton advised and influenced many
painters, including René Monteix. He was captivated by the ruggedness of its landscapes and the luminosity of its colors. With the painter Léon Boudal, parish priest of Murol, he founded the Murol School which attracted many artists from all backgrounds, seduced by this Post-Impressionism which so well expresses the raw simplicity and light of the Auvergne landscapes.
- Œuvres de Victor Charreton
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Neige fondante, Auvergne (vers 1899), New York, Brooklyn Museum. -
Effet de neige, musée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne. -
Bord de l'Aven (huile sur carton, collection particulière). -
Rochers rouges à Ploumanac'h (huile sur carton, collection particulière).
References
- ↑ "Collections -" (in français). Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ↑ "Fonds d'atelier de Victor Charreton". gazette-drouot.com (in français). 2021-07-07. Archived from the original on 2022-04-05. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
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