Paul TAVERNIER (Paris 1852 - Paris 1935)

Paul TAVERNIER (Paris 1852 - Paris 1935)
"Après la chasse à Fontainebleau"
French School
Signed on the lower right
Oil on canvas
232 x 148 cm / 91.4 x 58.2 in
Exhibition: Salon des Artistes Français, Paris, 1911
This canvas was commissioned by the de Lintelhac family, whom lived at 10 Rue Auber in Paris. The Lintelhac
family were the founders of the "Assurances de vie" in France at the beginning of the 20th century. The hunting club
represented on this canvas is the "Équipage Lebaudy" (1891-1936), founded by Paul Lebaudy. This important
French family had gained their fortune with the refinement of sugar during the 19th century, during the beginning of
the 20th century, Paul and Pierre Lebaudy became famous for their experiments with dirigible air balloons and
zeppelins at the start of the First World War. The "équipage Lebaudy" hunted on wild boars and deer in Avon near
Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne) during the winter and at Château de Rosny-sur-Seine (Seine-et-Oise) during the
summer. Their hunting dress exists of red vests with green velvet collars, white trousers and hunting boots. The
woman represented on this work is "La Marquise de Rose", better known as Madeleine Tavernier, the artist's
daughter whom hunted together with her father in the "Équipage Lebaudy".
Fanfare song "La Lebaudy" :
"Voyez ces veneurs intrépides
Courant là-bas dans les halliers
Au galop de coursiers rapides
Au fourré comme en débucher.
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De leurs campagnes chantons la gloire,
Elles ne redoutent aucun danger
Rallie là-haut! C'est la victoire
Le cerf aux abois va tomber."
Provenance:
Private collection, France
Private collection, Argentina
Exhibitions :
Fontainebleau
Literature:
BARRIÈRE, M., "La vie secrète de Madame Jules Baudley", Éditions Emile-Paul, Paris, 1948.
BÉNÉZIT, E., "Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les
temps et de tous les pays par un groupe d'écrivains spécialistes français et étrangers", Librairie Gründ, Paris,
1999.
DELAISEMENT, G., "Les Affaires au XIXe siècle, Max le petit Sucrier", Éditions Rive Droite, Paris, 1995.
de le PORTE, H., "Receuil des Fanfares des Equipages Français", Éditions Ch. Pairault, Paris, 1930.
de TRICORNOT de ROSE, F., "L'art de Paul Tavernier", Théâtre Municipal, Fontainebleau, 1998.
TREMBLOT de la Croix, H., "Deux Siécles de Vènerie à travers le France : Tome I", Éditions Horabins, Chantilly,
1988.
TROYAT, H., "Les turbulences d'une grande famille", Paris, 1998.
Artist Biography :
Paul Tavernier was a French painter and watercolourist of animated scenes, genre scenes portraits, landscapes
and animals. A large number of his oeuvre was dedicated to hunting scenes. Tavernier was a student of Alexandre
Cabanal and of Gustave Guillaumet in Paris. Afterwards he went to work in the forests of Fontainebleau. He
debuted at the "Salon de Paris" in 1876, he became also active at the "Salon des Artistes Français" in 1883 where
he won a third class medal. Afterwards he won a bronze medal at the "Exposition Universelle" in 1900 and also a
second class medal in 1905.
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