{"title":"Fernand CORMON","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Paris in 1845, Fernand Cormon trained with Jean-François Portaels, Eugène Fromentin, and Alexandre Cabanel. He made his Paris Salon debut in 1868 and gained widespread recognition at the Salon of 1875, when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Death of Ravana, King of Lanka\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the Prix du Salon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCormon’s drawings and etchings reveal an imagination drawn to anxiety, fantasy, violence, and profound unease. In his works on paper, he examined many of the same themes he wrestled within his ambitious paintings: biblical and mythological narratives, prehistoric life, exile, and the darker reaches of human experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the 1880s, Cormon established a celebrated teaching studio in Paris and later became a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts. His students included Vincent van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Émile Bernard, Louis Anquetin, and other artists who would move decisively beyond the academic tradition in which they had trained.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCormon died in Paris in 1924, after a distinguished career positioned between academic tradition and emerging modernism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"le-cauchemar","title":"Le Cauchemar","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eEtching printed on laid paper (partial watermark of a cross in a lobed circle). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eReference: we have yet to find any scholarly reference of the etchings by Cormon, which begs the question whether he etched his own plates, or did so with the help of one of his pupils. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CORMON, Fernand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47973125554412,"sku":null,"price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/FernandCORMON-LeCauchemar-Etchingdetail.jpg?v=1784570772"}],"url":"https:\/\/armstrongfineart.com\/collections\/fernand-cormon\/nationality_french.oembed","provider":"Armstrong Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}