Alfred Jean Garnier Explained

Alfred Jean Garnier (1848–1908) was a French enameller, and pupil and collaborator of Paul Grandhomme.^{[1] [2]}

He was born in Puiseaux, Loiret and died in Bazoches, Nièvre.^[3] He was a painter, engraver and enameler. He was a student of Cabanel and presented at the Salon de Paris in 1874 and 1878. Several of his works are exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay.^[4]

One of his most famous works is of a man supposed to be the poet Arthur Rimbaud.^[5]

He was a friend of the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, meeting him at the École des Beaux-Arts, along with Albert Dammouse, holidaying with them in France and Switzerland.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paul Grandhomme and Jules Brateau lot Sotheby's. www.sothebys.com. 2016-02-04. 2018-10-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20181003163212/http://www.sothebys.com/content/sothebys/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/1850-1950-design-masterpieces-polo-collection-l16317/lot.151.html. dead.
2. Book: A Private Passion: 19th-century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthop Collection, Harvard University. Yale University Press. 2003. 1588390764. 236.
3. Web site: Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Artiste. www.musee-orsay.fr. 2016-02-04.
4. Web site: Musée d'Orsay: Catalogue des oeuvres – Recherche avancée. www.musee-orsay.fr. 2016-02-04.
5. Book: Steinmetz, Luc. Arthur Rimbaud: Presence of an Enigma. Welcome Rain Publishers. 2001. 9781566491068. Paris, France. 107.
6. Book: Greenthal , Kathryn . Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Master Sculptor. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1985. 0870994379. 64.