The Elegant Women with Cats are very trendy at the end of the 19th century, everyone wants to have one in their home.<\/p>\n
It is pleasant to observe that these splendid paintings of Joseph Caraud are always with the taste of the day, and have all their place in our modern interiors.<\/p>\n
Signed lower left and dated 1879, a beautiful oil on canvas in a giltwood frame; La Dame aux Chats in a pleasant Parisian interior late on the 19th century.<\/p>\n
Measurements unframed: W 14.56 In. - H 21.25 In.<\/p>\n
Measurements with frame:\u00a0 W 18.50 In. - H 25.19 In.<\/p>\n
In fine original condition, our painting has been professionally cleaned and its giltwood frame restored.<\/p>\n
Avant m\u00eame de commencer son apprentissage \u00e0 l’\u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts, Joseph Caraud pr\u00e9sente trois oeuvres au Salon des Artistes Fran\u00e7ais de 1843. L’ann\u00e9e suivante, il entre aux Beaux-Arts pour suivre l’atelier d’Alexandre de Pujol et celui de Charles-Louis Muller.<\/p>\n
Influenc\u00e9 par ses ma\u00eetres, il pr\u00e9sente plusieurs portraits au Salon entre 1834 et 1846. En 1848 il expose ses premiers travaux inspir\u00e9s de la vie italienne ” Jeune femme \u00e0 la fontaine ” et ” Italien offrant un bijou \u00e0 une jeune femme “. Apr\u00e8s avoir explor\u00e9 les influences italiennes, il s’oriente vers l’Alg\u00e9rie, o\u00f9 il effectue un s\u00e9jour qui lui permet de pr\u00e9senter au Salon de 1853 ” Int\u00e9rieur de maison maure \u00e0 Alger “, ” Jeune femme jouant avec une perruche ” et ” Baigneurs maures “.<\/p>\n
Au Salon de 1857, il d\u00e9laisse l’Italie et l’Alg\u00e9rie, et commence \u00e0 travailler sur des sc\u00e8nes du pass\u00e9, d’influence historique et anecdotique autour de la p\u00e9riode de Louis XV et de la vie de Marie-Antoinette. Il re\u00e7oit en 1859 une m\u00e9daille de troisi\u00e8me classe au Salon lorsqu’il expose la ” Repr\u00e9sentation d’Athalis devant le roi Louis XIV et les jeunes femmes de Saint-Cyr “. Il est \u00e0 nouveau r\u00e9compens\u00e9 d’une m\u00e9daille de seconde classe en 1861 pour des \u0153uvres religieuses.<\/p>\n
His works inspired by the 18th century are very far from the style that prevailed in France at that time, Realism, which depicted moments of everyday life.<\/p>\n
In 1873, the Academy of Macon praised his work as follows: \"He is the most prolific of our painters and the most faithful to the Paris salons where he has exhibited 45 paintings since 1849\".<\/p>\n
Joseph Caraud's paintings are successful, they are in the style of the 18th century and remind the works of Fragonard, Greuze and Watteau.\u00a0His works stand out, they do not follow the new style of realism that invaded France in the late 19th century.\u00a0Instead of pastoral scenes painted in dark colors, Joseph Caraud painted domestic scenes with bright light and warm colors.<\/p>\n
Between 1848 and 1851, he frequently painted maids, Algerian scenes, and characters from Italian operas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His works were popular among the upper classes and were soon copied so that anyone could own a Joseph Caraud.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caraud's depictions of beautiful women and cats reflect the times.<\/p>\n
En 1867, il est nomm\u00e9 au grade de Chevalier de la L\u00e9gion d’Honneur, puis il participe \u00e0 l’Exposition Universelle de 1889 \u00e0 Paris o\u00f9 il obtient une m\u00e9daille de bronze. Caraud continue \u00e0 envoyer des \u0153uvres au Salon jusqu’en 1902, ann\u00e9e o\u00f9 il expose pour sa derni\u00e8re participation une vue du ” Jardin des Tuileries “.<\/p>\n
Mus\u00e9e Ochier \u00e0 Cluny Mus\u00e9e de Tess\u00e9 in Le Mans Mus\u00e9e des Ursulines in Macon.<\/p>\n
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi.<\/p>\n
Mallett, Index of Artists<\/p>\n
G\u00e9rald Schurr Dictionnaire des Petits des Maitres<\/p>\n
Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, Vol. 1.<\/p>\n
Popular 19th Century Painting, Philip Hook & Mark Poltimore E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Vol. 2.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Joseph Caraud La Dame aux Chats huile sur toile vers 1879 Les \u00c9l\u00e9gantes aux Chats sont tr\u00e8s \u00e0 la mode en cette fin de XIX\u00e8me si\u00e8cle, chacun souhaite en poss\u00e9der un dans son int\u00e9rieur. Il est agr\u00e9able de constater que ces magnifiques tableaux de Joseph Caraud sont toujours au go\u00fbt du jour, et ont toute […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cate"],"yoast_head":"\n