Albert Aublet

Albert Louis Aublet ( 1851-1938 )

Albert Louis Aublet , born on January 18 , 1851 in Paris and died in March 1938 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French painter .

Trained in the workshops of Claudius Jacquand and Jean-Léon Gérôme , he exhibited at the Salon successfully in 1873, are getting an honorable mention in 1879 and a medal 3 th class in 1880. Its international recognition is equally dazzling: he harvests more awards at international events, including a gold medal at the 1889 World Fair . He is decorated with the Legion of Honorin 1890.

From his first trip in 1881, his discovery of the Orient has a strong influence on his artistic inspiration. His visit to Constantinople gave an orientalist direction to his paintings. The "Turkish woman in the baths" was a great success and contributed to her notoriety. He was the president of the Artists Society of Tunis .

He would have been the model of M. Biche, familiar with Madame Verdurin's salon , in the literary fresco of Marcel Proust in Search of Lost Time .

He is a professor at the Beaux-Arts de Paris .

His son is the architect Louis Aublet (1901-1980) who married Marie-Germaine Ablett, daughter of the painter William Ablett , in 1931.