1. Philippe Chaperon was a French painter and scenic designer, particularly known for his work at the Paris Opera.
16 Facts About Philippe Chaperon
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Philippe Chaperon produced stage designs for the premieres of numerous 19th-century operas, including Verdi's Don Carlos and Aida, Massenet's Le Cid, Saint-Saens's Henri VIII, part two of Berlioz's Les Troyens and the first performances in France of Verdi's Otello and Rigoletto and Wagner's Tannhauser.
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Philippe Chaperon was born in Paris, where his father was an employee at the Caisse d'Epargne.
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Philippe Chaperon attended the Lycee imperial Bonaparte and then the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he studied painting and architecture.
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Philippe Chaperon won a Prix de Rome scholarship and spent three years at the Villa Medici.
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Philippe Chaperon studied architecture in the atelier of Victor Baltard and painting in the atelier of Leon Riesener where he received guidance from Riesener's cousin Eugene Delacroix.
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Philippe Chaperon made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1844 with Ruines d'un Temple dans l'Inde.
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Philippe Chaperon later exhibited landscape paintings of cities and villages and the interiors of churches.
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Philippe Chaperon studied the craft from 1842 under Charles Ciceri and Domenico Ferri, both of whom designed for the main opera houses and theatres of Paris.
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Philippe Chaperon spent two years in Spain from 1847 to 1849.
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Philippe Chaperon had originally gone there to work on the decor for a theatre in Barcelona, but on Ciceri's suggestion he travelled around Spain painting and sketching scenes of villages and towns.
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Rube and Philippe Chaperon formed their own atelier, "Rube et Philippe Chaperon", in 1864 and over the next 30 years produced numerous set designs as well as interior decor for theatres throughout France and in Belgium.
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Philippe Chaperon carried on the atelier, joined by his son Emile, and together they produced designs for many opera and theatre productions in Paris that included La favorite, Les Huguenots, Fredegonde, Hamlet and Messidor.
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Philippe Chaperon retired to Lagny-sur-Marne in the suburbs of Paris 1905.
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Philippe Chaperon died there in 1906 at the age of 83.
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Philippe Chaperon left Paris for Saint-Maur in 1932 and died in Confolens in 1946.