Joseph Ravaisou
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Joseph Ravaisou was a French landscape painter.
to work as a school teacher, and subsequently became a music conductor and a music critic.
After seeing an exhibition in Paris
with paintings by Camille Pissarro
and Claude Monet
, he returned to Aix and worked alongside Louise Germain
. From 1899 to 1902 he also worked with Paul Cézanne
, whom he admired.
Some of his works are kept in the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence, as well as in Marseille
, Martigues
and Paris
.
Biography
In 1878 Joseph Ravaisou moved to Aix-en-ProvenceAix-en-Provence
Aix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is...
to work as a school teacher, and subsequently became a music conductor and a music critic.
After seeing an exhibition in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
with paintings by Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro was a French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas . His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, as he was the only artist to exhibit in both forms...
and Claude Monet
Claude Monet
Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. . Retrieved 6 January 2007...
, he returned to Aix and worked alongside Louise Germain
Louise Germain
-Biography:Although she was born in Gap, Hautes-Alpes, she lived in Aix-en-Provence with her husband Eugene and their two children. At age 25, she met Joseph Ravaisou and she took to painting. She also worked alongside Paul Cézanne....
. From 1899 to 1902 he also worked with Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...
, whom he admired.
Some of his works are kept in the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence, as well as in Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
, Martigues
Martigues
Martigues is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte....
and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.