Emile Auguste Pinchart
Artist Auguste Emile Pinchart (Auguste-Emile Pinchart) was born in August 1842 in the city of Cambrai, was an apprentice in a Parisian studio, worked independently as an illustrator, and in his free time he wrote genre paintings about French life in the eighteenth century - this topic was fashionable in Paris. In 1864, the artist first exhibited his works at the Salon.
During the Paris Commune Auguste Emile Pinchart lived and worked in Paris, collaborated with the revolutionary government, but was not a supporter of the revolution and explained his cooperation by an elementary desire to go through hard times.
After the fall of the Commune, the artist was expelled from France and settled in Switzerland, in the vicinity of Geneva, where he created advertising posters and illustrations. In 1895, Auguste-Emile Pinchart won a poster competition for the 1896 Swiss National Exhibition.
In 1883, the artist resumed his collaboration with the Paris Salon and in 1884 was awarded the third class medal of the Paris Salon. In 1903 Auguste Emile Pinchart became one of the members of the Salon.
