Galerie Paul Prouté

A student of Joseph Guichard, who taught him the style of Ingres, Félix Bracquemond painted until 1869 (he submitted portraits to the Salon on several occasions). However, it was in the art of engraving (as well as in ceramics) that he made his mark. Close to the literary and artistic avant-garde, he participated in both the 1863 Salon des Refusés and the Impressionist exhibitions of the 1870s. Furthermore, he was deeply committed to defending his art and served as a founding member of both the Société des Aquafortistes and the Société des Peintres-Graveurs. A pioneer in the revival of etching and one of its leading figures in the second half of the 19th century, Bracquemond left behind an immense body of work (nearly nine hundred pieces), dominated by portraits, landscapes, and depictions of birds (in which the artist’s pioneering Japonism is most evident).