Louis Anquetin

Louis Anquetin
Louis Anquetin, Public domain

(1861–1932) fransk målare

Louis Anquetin (France, 1861–1932) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Louis Anquetin belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Louis Anquetin was born in Étrépagny and died in Paris. Louis Anquetin trained at Lycée Pierre-Corneille. The teachers included Léon Bonnat and Fernand Cormon. Louis Anquetin worked in Paris. Wikidata associates Louis Anquetin with cloisonnism. Louis Anquetin became a member of Société nationale des beaux-arts. Louis Anquetin was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour. The students included Jacques Maroger.

The best-known works include ‘Henri Samary’, ‘La Course’, and ‘Portrait des frères Margueritte’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 28 works by Louis Anquetin with free images. The dated works span the years 1880–1932. Works by Louis Anquetin are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Musée d’Orsay, Art Institute of Chicago, and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Mykhaylo Berkos, Stanisław Lentz, Alexander Ignatius Roche, Floris Verster, and Francine Charderon.