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Albert Aublet
(1851-1938)
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Albert Aublet
completed his training under the history and genre
painter Claude Jacquand, and indeed it was with this
style of painting that he achieved his first success in
the Salon of 1873 with his painting ‘Communion at
Neuilly’.
He also painted portraits and traditional subjects. He
had a particular liking for the region between Picardy
and Normandy in France known as ‘Le Treport’, which
featured in a number of his paintings and it was said
that he bridged the gap between Impressionism and
Traditional Realism. His talent was in no doubt, and he
exhibited enormously, both in terms of his paintings and
also the sculptures he created. He won a huge number of
prizes including the gold medal at the Universal
exhibition in 1889 and the Legion of Honour in 1890.
Other cities, such as London, Amsterdam and Madrid,
presented him with gold medals throughout his life in
recognition of his talents.
The Flower Girl
His friends included
not only other artists but also musicians and writers of
the time. He was particularly friendly with the opera
composer Jules Massenet and also painted his portrait as
well as other composers of the day. His work included
doing the illustrations for the book ‘As Strong as
Death’ by the great French writer Maupassant.
On the Shingle, 1883
He liked to travel and
spent three months in Grenada with the painters Gerome
and Pasini in 1883, and many of his paintings became
classed as being of the school of Orientalism. He was,
throughout his life, given many labels: Genre painter,
Impressionist, Traditional Realist, Orientalist. It
seems finally, however, that he chose to define himself.
Following two trips to Tunisia in 1901 and 1904, he
chose to settle there in 1905. He bought a Tunisian
Palace called ‘Dar Ben Abdullah’ in the old part of the
city and it is certainly the history of the area and a
love of Islamic art that attracted him there.
He was to become the President of the Society of
Tunisian Artists, and following his death, his palace
became a centre for traditional Tunisian art and a
regional museum.
On the Beach at Treport
Albert Aublet’s work
sells in the region of $5,000 to $30,000.
