Théodore Ravanat
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Théodore Ravanat was a French
landscape painter. Ravanat's work is mostly composed of Dauphiné
landscapes. His paintings are generally among private collections of Grenoble, but some of these paintings can be seen at the Museum of Grenoble
or the Musée dauphinois
.
. He was friend with Ernest Hébert
, sculptor Victor Sappey
, and the most of painters who attended the École dauphinoise.
He began exhibiting his painting Souvenir de Vienne in 1832 in Grenoble, then he continued to show his works the next years. From 1843 to 1845, he exhibited at the Salon de Paris. He began a trip to Italy
and returned to Grenoble in 1846. He was appointed assistant of the Musée de Grenoble, Professor, then Director of the municipal school of drawing. In 1880, he moved to Proveysieux
, and he received his painter friends in the barn-workshop he rented. This gathering was sometimes called "École de Proveyzieux".
Ravanat was the subject of a painting by Eugène Faure and a medal by Victor Sappey
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
landscape painter. Ravanat's work is mostly composed of Dauphiné
Dauphiné
The Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois is a former province in southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of :Isère, :Drôme, and :Hautes-Alpes....
landscapes. His paintings are generally among private collections of Grenoble, but some of these paintings can be seen at the Museum of Grenoble
Museum of Grenoble
The Museum of Grenoble is a city museum of Fine Arts and antiques in the city of Grenoble in France.Located on the left bank of the Isère, place Lavalette, it is known both for its collections of ancient art for its collections of modern and contemporary art..-History:The Museum of Grenoble was...
or the Musée dauphinois
Musée dauphinois
The Musée dauphinois is a county museum, located in Grenoble .The museum was founded in 1906 by the ethnographer Hipollyte Müller....
.
Biography
Ravant received his first artistic advice by Jean AchardJean Achard
Jean Alexis Achard was a French painter.-Biography:Born in Voreppe, Isère, into a farming family, Jean Alexis Achard was self-taught and started his career as a clerk for a lawyer. He began his apprenticeship by copying paintings at the Museum of Grenoble...
. He was friend with Ernest Hébert
Ernest Hébert
thumb|220px|Self-portrait, aged 17.Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert was a French painter and academic.He was born in Grenoble and died in La Tronche. His painting Mal'aria was exhibited in the Salon of 1850-1851, and now hangs in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris...
, sculptor Victor Sappey
Victor Sappey
Victor Sappey , also known as Pierre-Victor Sappey, is a French sculptor. His father was a stonemason.-Biography:...
, and the most of painters who attended the École dauphinoise.
He began exhibiting his painting Souvenir de Vienne in 1832 in Grenoble, then he continued to show his works the next years. From 1843 to 1845, he exhibited at the Salon de Paris. He began a trip to Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and returned to Grenoble in 1846. He was appointed assistant of the Musée de Grenoble, Professor, then Director of the municipal school of drawing. In 1880, he moved to Proveysieux
Proveysieux
Proveysieux is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France....
, and he received his painter friends in the barn-workshop he rented. This gathering was sometimes called "École de Proveyzieux".
Ravanat was the subject of a painting by Eugène Faure and a medal by Victor Sappey
Victor Sappey
Victor Sappey , also known as Pierre-Victor Sappey, is a French sculptor. His father was a stonemason.-Biography:...
.