Guillaume Seignac
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Guillaum Seignac (1870–1924) was a French academic painter.
Childhood
He was born in Rennes, France, on 1870, and died in 1924. He started training at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he spent 1889 through 1895. He had a lot of teachers there, including Gabriel Ferrier, and Tony Robert-Fluery. Tony Robert Fluery was a noted history and genre artist. Gabriel Farrel, on the other hand, had been an awarded Prix de Rome. He had another one named William Bouguereau.
Career
In addition to his training in the academic style, much of Seignac's work displayed classical themes and style, for example, is use of diaphanous drapery covering a woman's body is reminiscent of classical style, in particular the sculptor Phidias. In 1897, Guillaume Seignac regularly exhibited at the Salon and won several honors, including in 1900 honorable mention and in 1903 a Third Class medal.
List of paintings
- An Afternoon Rest
- Beauty At The Well
- Confidence
- Cupid And Psyche
- Cupid Disarmed
- Cupid's Folly
- Diana Hunting
- Faunesse
- Innocence
- L'Abandon
- La Libellule
- La Paresseuse
- Loves Advances
- Nude On The Beach
- Nymph
- Nymph At The Fountain
- Nymph With Cupids
- Pierrot's Embrace
- Psyche
- Reflections
- The Awakening Of Psyche
- The Fragrant Iris
- The Muse
- The Wave
- Vanity
- Venus And Cupid
- Virginty
- Young Woman Naked On A Settee
- Young Woman Of Pompeii On A Terrace
