Charles Camoin

French, 1879-1965
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Charles Camoin moved to Paris in 1896 and became the student of Gustave Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His fellow students were Rouault, Matisse and Marquet.

In 1902, he traveled to southern France and met Paul Cézanne, with whom he carried on a regular correspondence. In 1905, he participated in the controversial Salon des Indépendants with his fellow Fauve artists, Matisse and Derain. From 1904, onwards he traveled widely, particularly around the Mediterranean. In 1912, he traveled through Morocco with Matisse and Marquet.

His nudes and landscapes were influenced less by the Fauves than by Renoir, whom he met during World War I on a leave from the army in 1918, when he visited the artist in Cagnes. This meeting had immediate repercussions on his style, which mellowed. Living between the south of France and Paris, the sales of his Mediterranean landscapes, nudes, still lives and interiors brought him wealth. In 1958, a retrospective of his work was given at the Bernheim-Jeune gallery.

Premier prix de la Biennale de Menton, 1955

Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, 1955

Commandeur des Arts et Lettres, 1959

Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France, 1903, 1906, 1907

Salon d'Automne, Paris, France, 1904, 1905, 1906

Galerie Berthe Weill, Paris, France, 1904

Armory Show, New York, New York, 1913

Retrospective, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France, 1931

Retrospective, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France, 1952

Retrospective Camoin, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris,France,  June-July 1958

Retrospective, Chicago Art Institute, Illinois, 1960

New York, 1961

Retrospective, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, France, 1966

Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

Le Havre, France

Musée de Louvre-Réserves, Paris, France

Menton, France

Musée Chéret, Nice, France

Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France

Musée de l'Annonciade, Saint Tropez, France

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Toulon, France

Musée de Grenoble, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Alger, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Boulogne-sur-mer, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Draguignan, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nice, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Quimper, France

Musée de la Castre, Cannes, France

Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

Musée Fragonard, Grasse, France

Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

Musée Municipal d’Art Moderne, Paris, France

Musée Nationale d'Art Moderne, Paris, France

Musée de Sydney, Australia

Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe

Charles Camoin moved to Paris in 1896 and became the student of Gustave Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His fellow students were Rouault, Matisse and Marquet.

In 1902, he traveled to southern France and met Paul Cézanne, with whom he carried on a regular correspondence. In 1905, he participated in the controversial Salon des Indépendants with his fellow Fauve artists, Matisse and Derain. From 1904, onwards he traveled widely, particularly around the Mediterranean. In 1912, he traveled through Morocco with Matisse and Marquet.

His nudes and landscapes were influenced less by the Fauves than by Renoir, whom he met during World War I on a leave from the army in 1918, when he visited the artist in Cagnes. This meeting had immediate repercussions on his style, which mellowed. Living between the south of France and Paris, the sales of his Mediterranean landscapes, nudes, still lives and interiors brought him wealth. In 1958, a retrospective of his work was given at the Bernheim-Jeune gallery.

Awards & Memberships

Premier prix de la Biennale de Menton, 1955

Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, 1955

Commandeur des Arts et Lettres, 1959

Selected Exhibitions

Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France, 1903, 1906, 1907

Salon d'Automne, Paris, France, 1904, 1905, 1906

Galerie Berthe Weill, Paris, France, 1904

Armory Show, New York, New York, 1913

Retrospective, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France, 1931

Retrospective, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France, 1952

Retrospective Camoin, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris,France,  June-July 1958

Retrospective, Chicago Art Institute, Illinois, 1960

New York, 1961

Retrospective, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, France, 1966

Museums & Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

Le Havre, France

Musée de Louvre-Réserves, Paris, France

Menton, France

Musée Chéret, Nice, France

Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France

Musée de l'Annonciade, Saint Tropez, France

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Toulon, France

Musée de Grenoble, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Alger, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Boulogne-sur-mer, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Draguignan, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nice, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Quimper, France

Musée de la Castre, Cannes, France

Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

Musée Fragonard, Grasse, France

Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

Musée Municipal d’Art Moderne, Paris, France

Musée Nationale d'Art Moderne, Paris, France

Musée de Sydney, Australia

Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe

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