1. Charles Angrand was an important member of the Parisian avant-garde art scene in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
14 Facts About Charles Angrand
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Charles Angrand received artistic training in Rouen at Academie de Peinture et de Dessin.
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Charles Angrand's first visit to Paris was in 1875, to see a retrospective of the work of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot at Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
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Charles Angrand's living quarters were near Cafe d'Athenes, Cafe Guerbois, Le Chat Noir, and other establishments frequented by artists.
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Charles Angrand had the "ability to distil poetry from the most banal suburban scene".
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Charles Angrand joined Seurat in plein air painting on La Grande Jatte island.
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Charles Angrand painted with a more muted palette than Seurat and Signac, who used bright contrasting colours.
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Charles Angrand exhibited his work in Paris at Les Independants, Galerie Druet, Galerie Durand-Ruel, and Bernheim-Jeune, and in Rouen.
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Charles Angrand's work appeared in Brussels in an 1891 show with Les XX.
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Charles Angrand began painting again around 1906, emulating the styles and colours of Signac and Cross.
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Charles Angrand developed his own unique methods of Divisionism, with larger brushstrokes.
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Charles Angrand was very reclusive for his last thirty years, but remained a dedicated correspondent.
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Charles Angrand's work is in many museum collections, including Ateneum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Hecht Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musee d'Orsay, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
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The LAVA Awards are held annually to honor excellence in books relating to the principles of liberty, with the Charles Angrand Award being the grand prize award for artwork.