17 Works, Today, March 6th. is artist Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna's day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #064

Alexandre Antigna  (1817–1878)

Women Bathing, c. 1870s

62 x 112 cm

Oil on canvas

Musée de Trouville / Musée Villa Montebello

Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna (March 7, 1817 – February 26, 1878) was a French painter.

Alexandre Antigna  (1817–1878)

Jeune Fille Souriant/ Young Girl Smiling

Oil on canvas

50 x 50 cm ; 19 3/4 by 19 3/4 in

Private collection

Alexandre Antigna  (1817–1878)

Pécheur de poulpe à Cap d'Ail/ Octopus fisherman in Cap d'Ail, c. 1877

Oil on canvas

56 x 37 cm

Private collection

Antigna was born in Orléans, France, where his earliest training took place On October 9, 1837, he entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he was a pupil of Sebastien Norblin de la Gourdaine as well as the renowned Paul Delaroche.

Alexandre Antigna  (1817–1878)

Gypsy with the tambourine

Charcoal on signed paper

23 x 17.5 cm

Private collection

Alexandre Antigna  (1817–1878)

Napoleon III Visited the Slate Quarries of Angers, c. 1856

Oil on canvas

235x375 cm

Musee des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France

Until 1845 his paintings were generally religious scenes and portraits. Yet, after living in the poor quarter of the Île Saint-Louis in Paris he would incorporate images of the suffering and burden of urban poor into his works. 

Alexandre Antigna  (1817–1878)

The forced stop, c. 1855

Oil on canvas

Height: 156 cm (61.4 in); Width: 207.5 cm (81.6 in)

Musée des Augustins

Presented at the Paris Salon in 1855 then at the Toulouse Exhibition in 1858, the work was acquired by the city.

Alexandre Antigna  (1817–1878)

Rest for the weary

Oil on canvas

21 x 29.5 in. / 53.3 x 74.9 cm. 

Private collection

Alexandre Antigna  (1817–1878)

'feed the hungry'

Oil paint

60 x 80 cm 

Private collection

Alexandre Antigna  (1817–1878)

The Lightning, 1848

Oil on canvas

220 x 171 cm

Musée des Augustins, Toulouse

Alexandre Antigna  (1817–1878)

The Fire, c. 1850–51

Oil on canvas

Height: 262 cm (103.1 in); Width: 282 cm (111 in)

Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans

The scene shows with dramatic intensity a family in a unique room threatened by flames. The artist gives a preponderant place to the woman, pivot of the composition, who seeks to save her children. More on this painting

Alexandre Antigna  (1817–1878)

Widow/ The Death of the Pauper, c. 1849

Oil on canvas

128x193

Musee Charles-de-Bruyeres, Remiremont, France

The scene takes place in a small damp room. A dead man is lying on a bed of straw. Beside him, his wife in tears, as well as his two children. One weeps on her mother's shoulder, the other looks at the viewer of the work. “If we look closely, we see that the boy is wearing spiked shoes, which accentuates the poverty of the family. His gaze, even if he does not cry, calls out, we feel the tears ready to spring.

"Widow" represents human misery. The details are important, the veins of the woman sticking out of her hand, the clothes with holes. "Alexander Antiga is one of the first painters in the XIX th century, which drew attention to the people who suffer. More on this painting

By the 1848 Revolution Antigna was devoted to the Realist style, and continued to paint in this manner until c. 1860 when he began to produce paintings in the Naturalist vein. He exhibited at the Salon and received the Legion of Honour in 1861. He traveled to Spain and Brittany numerous times in order to paint multifarious scenes, yet he always retained his compassion for the poor.

Alexandre Antigna (1817-1878)

La fille du bouquiniste/ The bookseller's daughter, c. 1855

Oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Rochelle

Alexandre Antigna

The poacher

Oil on canvas

49cm x 36cm 

Private collection

Alexandre Antigna (1817 – 1878, French)

La Fête-Dieu/ Corpus Christi, c. 1855

Oil on canvas

140 x 195 cm

 Musée des Augustin de Toulouse

The Feast of Corpus Christi is a Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Western Orthodox liturgical solemnity celebrating the Real Presence of the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ in the elements of the Eucharist. More on Corpus Christi

In 1861 Antigna married Hélène Marie Pettit, who became a painter herself. Their son, Andre-Marc Antigna, was also a painter and miniaturist. He died in Paris. More on Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna

Alexandre Antigna, 1817-1878

Scene D'Atelier/ Scene in the Studio

40.3 x 32.1 cms | 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 ins

Oil on panel

Private collection

Alexandre Antigna (1817 – 1878, French)

Après le bain/ After the Bath

Oil on canvas

I have no further description, at this time

Alexandre Antigna (1817 – 1878, French)

Miroir des bois/ Mirror in the woods

Oil on canvas

I have no further description, at this time

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