1. At Ciceri's workshop Charles-Antoine Cambon made acquaintance with Humanite-Rene Philastre, who would become his first long-term associate.
11 Facts About Charles-Antoine Cambon
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From that time until 1848, Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon accepted numerous joint commissions for theatrical interior decorations and stage designs.
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Notable stagings to which Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon contributed are the world premieres of Auber's Gustave III, ou Le bal masque, Berlioz' Benvenuto Cellini, Donizetti's La favorite, Halevy's La juive, and Hugo's Les Burgraves.
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Charles-Antoine Cambon separated from Philastre in 1848 as the latter emigrated to Spain.
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Charles-Antoine Cambon found a new associate in an extremely talented student, Joseph Thierry, with whom Cambon would design epoch-making productions for the Chatelet, Opera, Opera-Comique, Theatre-Historique, and Theatre-Lyrique in Paris.
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Charles-Antoine Cambon was to co-design the premiere of Verdi's Aida, but dropped out of the production due to unknown circumstances.
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Charles-Antoine Cambon taught many pupils at his scenic studio at 3 rue Neuve-Samson.
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Charles-Antoine Cambon was named Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur in 1869.
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Charles-Antoine Cambon was a friend of Prosper Merimee and Stendhal.
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In keeping with the romantic need for couleur locale and couleur historique, Charles-Antoine Cambon aimed at the illusionistic rendering of architectural space, the character and atmosphere of which he enhanced through the use of dramatic points of view and clair-obscur.
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On 17 May 1877,2,000 designs by Charles-Antoine Cambon were sold by his widow at the Hotel Drouot in Paris.