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UNE PROMENADE by Frederick Charles Soulacroix (Fr., b.1825) Polak Gallery,London.
Charles Joseph Soulacroix was born on July 6, 1825 in Montpellier, France and died in 1879. Soulacroix is considered a sculptor and genre painter from the French school.
Soulacroix began his formal art education at the Beaux Arts Academie in 1845. He began his education as a sculptor under Etienne Jules Ramey (1796-1852). These studies helped Soulacroix develop a superior understanding of the human figure, which he would later incorporated into his painting. He furthered his studies as a sculptor with Augustin-Alexander Dumont (1801-1884).
During his final years at the Academie, Soulacroix developed an interest in figure painting. He decided to leave Paris. Soulacroix traveled to Dusseldorf where he began studies at the Academie under Peter Von Cornelias (1783-1867), one of Germanys premier genre painters. Cornelias influence and rigorous curriculum helped Soulacroix develop into a mature genre painter. He was able to combine his talent as a sculptor with his understanding of anatomy into an unsurpassed method of painting genre.
Soulacroix made his debut at the Paris Salon of 1849. He rarely exhibited at the Salons. The commissions he received left little time to exhibit.
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