Auguste Chabaud

Biography

About the artist

Auguste Chabaud (1882-1955) was a French painter and sculptor who attended art school first in Avignon and later in Paris.
He had a studio in Montmartre and in the early 1900s he mainly painted Parisian life. He was soon discovered by the art collectors. He became a member of the artist group 'Fauves' and belonged to the Fauvists.
He was also good friends with Henri Matisse and André Derain.

In 1911 he also became interested in Cubism and started making sculptures.
He exhibits a lot and in 1913 he takes part in the exhibition in New York 'International Exhibition of Modern Art' together with Matisse, Picasso, de Vlaminck and Derain, among others.

During WW I he goes into service and receives the 'Croix de guerre'. His brother and cousin are killed. This has far-reaching consequences, as there is no one to run the family's vineyard but himself. He moves to southern France.

However, he continues to paint, between 1920-1925 he has his blue period. He only uses the color Prussian blue in his works.
Since then, his focus has been on farming life in the South. The people in their daily lives and the beautiful hills of the Alpille's.

He dies in 1955.

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