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'''Philippe Chaperon''' (2 February 1823 – 21 December 1906){{r|Wild}}{{r|BnF}} was a French painter and ], particularly known for his work at the ]. He produced stage designs for the premieres of numerous 19th-century operas, including Verdi's '']'' and '']'', Massenet's '']'', Saint-Saëns's '']'', part two of Berlioz's '']'' and the first performances in France of Verdi's '']'' and '']'' and Wagner's '']''.{{r|Keys}}{{r|Beud}} '''Philippe Chaperon''' (2 February 1823 – 21 December 1906){{r|Wild}}{{r|BnF}} was a French painter and ], particularly known for his work at the ]. He produced stage designs for the premieres of numerous 19th-century operas, including Verdi's '']'' and '']'', Massenet's '']'', Saint-Saëns's '']'', part two of Berlioz's '']'' and the first performances in France of Verdi's '']'' and '']'' and Wagner's '']''.{{r|Keys}}{{r|Beud}}


==Life and career== ==Life and career==
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Chaperon came from a modest background. He was born in Paris where his father was an employee at the ]. He attended the ] and then the ] where he studied painting and architecture. He won a ] scholarship and spent three years at the ]. He also studied architecture in the atelier of ] and painting in the atelier of ] where he received guidance from Riesener's cousin ].{{r|Wild}}{{r|Beud}} Chaperon came from a modest background. He was born in Paris, where his father was an employee at the ]. He attended the ] and then the ] where he studied painting and architecture. He won a ] scholarship and spent three years at the ]. He also studied architecture in the atelier of ] and painting in the atelier of ] where he received guidance from Riesener's cousin ].{{r|Wild}}{{r|Beud}}


Many of his paintings were influenced by his architecture studies. He made his debut at the ] in 1844 with ''Ruines d'un Temple dans l'Inde'' (''Ruins of a Temple in India''). He later exhibited landscape paintings of cities and villages and the interiors of churches.{{r|paysage}} However, it was as a scenic designer that he achieved his primary fame. He studied the craft from 1842 under ] and Domenico Ferri, both of whom designed for the main opera houses and theatres of Paris. He spent two years in Spain from 1847 to 1849. He had originally gone there to work on the decor for a theatre in Barcelona, but on Ciceri's suggestion he travelled around Spain painting and sketching scenes of villages and towns. Spanish subjects were coming into vogue in opera and his paintings would later serve as inspirations for Chaperon's stage sets.{{r|GLNA}} Many of his paintings were influenced by his architecture studies. He made his debut at the ] in 1844 with ''Ruines d'un Temple dans l'Inde'' (''Ruins of a Temple in India''). He later exhibited landscape paintings of cities and villages and the interiors of churches.{{r|paysage}} However, it was as a scenic designer that he achieved his primary fame. He studied the craft from 1842 under ] and Domenico Ferri, both of whom designed for the main opera houses and theatres of Paris. He spent two years in Spain from 1847 to 1849. He had originally gone there to work on the decor for a theatre in Barcelona, but on Ciceri's suggestion he travelled around Spain painting and sketching scenes of villages and towns. Spanish subjects were coming into vogue in opera and his paintings would later serve as inspirations for Chaperon's stage sets.{{r|GLNA}}


In 1851 he joined Cicéri's old atelier which at that point was being run by Cicéri's son-in-law ]. Rubé and Chaperon formed their own atelier, "Rubé et Chaperon", in 1864 and over the next 30 years produced numerous set designs as well as interior decor for theatres throughout France and in Belgium. In 1875 they created the '']'' curtain for the newly built ] as well as the painting on the dome over the main auditorium. Chaperon also designed a ''trompe-l'œil'' curtain for the ] which opened in 1883. In addition to his theatre work with Rubé, Chaperon produced decorative paintings and interior designs for churches, public buildings, and private mansions such as the ].{{r|Carnoy}}{{r|LRT1}}{{r|LRT2}} In 1851 he joined Cicéri's old atelier which at that point was being run by Cicéri's son-in-law ]. Rubé and Chaperon formed their own atelier, "Rubé et Chaperon", in 1864 and over the next 30 years produced numerous set designs as well as interior decor for theatres throughout France and in Belgium. In 1875 they created the '']'' curtain for the newly built ] as well as the painting on the dome over the main auditorium of ]. Chaperon also designed a ''trompe-l'œil'' curtain for the ] which opened in 1883. In addition to his theatre work with Rubé, Chaperon produced decorative paintings and interior designs for churches, public buildings, and private mansions such as the ].{{r|Carnoy}}{{r|LRT1}}{{r|LRT2}}


In 1895, Rubé left the atelier to form a new partnership with his grandson Marcel Moisson who had worked at Rubé et Chaperon. Chaperon carried on the atelier, joined by his son Émile, and together they produced designs for many opera and theatre productions in Paris that included '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. They also produced exhibits for the ] in 1900, and interior decor for numerous provincial theatres as well as the {{ill|Municipal Casino of Biarritz|lt=Municipal Casino|fr|Casino municipal de Biarritz}} in ] which opened in 1901.{{r|Carnoy}} In 1895, Rubé left the atelier to form a new partnership with his grandson Marcel Moisson who had worked at Rubé et Chaperon. Chaperon carried on the atelier, joined by his son Émile, and together they produced designs for many opera and theatre productions in Paris that included '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. They also produced exhibits for the ] in 1900, and interior decor for numerous provincial theatres as well as the {{ill|Municipal Casino of Biarritz|lt=Municipal Casino|fr|Casino municipal de Biarritz}} in ] which opened in 1901.{{r|Carnoy}}


Chaperon retired to ] in the suburbs of Paris 1905. He died there in 1906 at the age of 83. After his death, the painter and politcian {{ill|Étienne Dujardin-Beaumetz|fr}} commissioned a bust of Chaperon by ] which was placed in the ].{{r|Wild}} Émile spoke at its dedication on 5 December 1910: Chaperon retired to ] in the suburbs of Paris 1905. He died there in 1906 at the age of 83. After his death, the painter and politician {{ill|Étienne Dujardin-Beaumetz|fr}} commissioned a bust of Chaperon by ] which was placed in the ].{{r|Wild}} Émile spoke at its dedication on 5 December 1910:
<blockquote>This beautiful theater reminded him of some of his happiest and most admired inspirations – the temple of ''Aida'', for example, or the unforgettable esplanade of Elsinore in ''Hamlet'' – he loved music passionately.{{r|Wild}}</blockquote> <blockquote>This beautiful theater reminded him of some of his happiest and most admired inspirations – the temple of ''Aida'', for example, or the unforgettable esplanade of Elsinore in ''Hamlet'' – he loved music passionately.{{r|Wild}}</blockquote>


After his father died, Émile Chaperon continued working as a designer and later set up an art gallery on the ]. He left Paris for ] in 1932 and died in ] in 1946. Philippe Chaperon had two other sons: {{ill|Eugène Chaperon|es}} (1857-1938), a painter and illustrator who specialised in military subjects, and the writer Philippe Auguste Théophile Chaperon (1853-c.1938).{{r|Wild}}{{r|ALF}} After his father died, Émile Chaperon continued working as a designer and later set up an art gallery on the ]. He left Paris for ] in 1932 and died in ] in 1946. Philippe Chaperon had two other sons: {{ill|Eugène Chaperon|es}} (1857–1938), a painter and illustrator who specialised in military subjects, and the writer Philippe Auguste Théophile Chaperon (1853–c. 1938).{{r|Wild}}{{r|ALF}}


==Gallery== ==Gallery==
===Set designs=== ===Set designs===
<gallery mode=packed heights=180px> <gallery mode=packed heights=180px>
File:Set design by Philippe Chaperon for Act1 sc2 of Aida by Verdi 1871 Cairo - Gallica - Restored.jpg|'']'' (Act I, Scene 2)</br>1871 première ] File:Set design by Philippe Chaperon for Act1 sc2 of Aida by Verdi 1871 Cairo - Gallica - Restored.jpg|'']'' (Act I, Scene 2)<br/>1871 première ]
File:Philippe Chaperon - Rigoletto.jpg|'']'' (Act III)</br>1885 revival ] File:Philippe Chaperon - Rigoletto.jpg|'']'' (Act III)<br/>1885 revival ]
File:Haydée, ou Le secret Act II - Philippe Chaperon.jpg|'']'' (Act II)</br>1891 revival ] File:Haydée, ou Le secret Act II - Philippe Chaperon.jpg|'']'' (Act II)<br/>1891 revival ]
File:Philippe Chaperon - Oberon set design 1887.jpg|'']'' (Act II, Scene 1)</br>1887 revival ]{{efn|The production was never realized as the theatre was destroyed by fire on 25 May 1887.{{r|BnF2}}}} File:Philippe Chaperon - Oberon set design 1887.jpg|'']'' (Act II, Scene 1)<br/>1887 revival ]{{efn|The production was never realized as the theatre was destroyed by fire on 25 May 1887.{{r|BnF2}}}}
File:Philippe Chaperon - Set design for Act V in the première of Victorin Joncières' Dimitri.jpg|'']'' (Act V)<br />1876 première ]
</gallery> </gallery>


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File:Philippe Chaperon, Bajada de San Miguel, 1847.jpg|''Bajada de San Miguel'' (1847) File:Philippe Chaperon, Bajada de San Miguel, 1847.jpg|''Bajada de San Miguel'' (1847)
File:Philippe Chaperon, Scène d'émeute au pont de l'Archevêché, 1848.jpg|''Scène d'émeute au pont de l'Archevêché'' (1849) File:Philippe Chaperon, Scène d'émeute au pont de l'Archevêché, 1848.jpg|''Scène d'émeute au pont de l'Archevêché'' (1849)
File:Philippe Chaperon, Intérieur d'un salon, 1897.jpg|''Intérieur d'un salon'' (1897) File:Philippe Chaperon, Intérieur d'un salon, 1897.jpg|''Intérieur d'un salon'' (1897),
File:Philippe Chaperon, basilique Sainte-Sophie, aquarelle, 1893.jpg|''Basilique Sainte-Sophie'' (1893)
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<ref name="Wild">Wild, Nicole (1993). . ''Décors et costumes du XIXe siècle'', Vol. 2, pp. 279-346. Éditions de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Online version retrieved 4 February 2019 {{fr}}.</ref> <ref name="Wild">Wild, Nicole (1993). . ''Décors et costumes du XIXe siècle'', Vol. 2, pp. 279–346. Éditions de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Online version retrieved 4 February 2019 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>


<ref name="Keys">Lacombe, Hervé (2001). , p. 57. University of California Press. {{ISBN|0520217195}}</ref> <ref name="Keys">Lacombe, Hervé (2001). , p. 57. University of California Press. {{ISBN|0520217195}}</ref>


<ref name="Beud">Beudert, Peter (2006) . ''Music in Art'', Vol. 31, No. 1/2, pp. 63-72. Retrieved 4 February 2019 {{subscription}}.</ref> <ref name="Beud">Beudert, Peter (2006) . ''Music in Art'', Vol. 31, No. 1/2, pp. 63–72. Retrieved 4 February 2019 {{subscription required}}.</ref>


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<ref name="paysage">Lanoë-Villène, Georges (1905). , p. 382. Société nantaise d'éditions {{fr}}</ref> <ref name="paysage">Lanoë-Villène, Georges (1905). , p. 382. Société nantaise d'éditions {{in lang|fr}}</ref>


<ref name="ALF">]. . ''Encyclopédie de l'art lyrique français''. Association l'Art Lyrique Français. Retrieved 4 February 2019 {{fr}}.</ref> <ref name="ALF">] . ''Encyclopédie de l'art lyrique français''. Association l'Art Lyrique Français. Retrieved 4 February 2019 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>


<ref name="Carnoy">Carnoy, Henry (ed.) (1903–1909) . ''Dictionnaire biographique international des écrivains'', pp. 44–46. Published in facsimile by Georg Olms Verlag, 1987. {{ISBN|3487410583}} {{fr}}</ref> <ref name="Carnoy">Carnoy, Henry (ed.) (1903–1909) . ''Dictionnaire biographique international des écrivains'', pp. 44–46. Published in facsimile by Georg Olms Verlag, 1987. {{ISBN|3487410583}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>


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French painter and scenographer

Philippe Chaperon
c. 1900 photograph by Atelier Nadar
BornPhilippe-Marie Emile Chaperon
(1823-02-02)2 February 1823
Paris, France
Died21 December 1906(1906-12-21) (aged 83)
Lagny-sur-Marne, France
Occupations
  • Painter
  • set designer

Philippe Chaperon (2 February 1823 – 21 December 1906) was a French painter and scenic designer, particularly known for his work at the Paris Opera. He produced stage designs for the premieres of numerous 19th-century operas, including Verdi's Don Carlos and Aida, Massenet's Le Cid, Saint-Saëns's Henri VIII, part two of Berlioz's Les Troyens and the first performances in France of Verdi's Otello and Rigoletto and Wagner's Tannhäuser.

Life and career

Portrait of Chaperon by Paul Mathey

Chaperon came from a modest background. He was born in Paris, where his father was an employee at the Caisse d'Épargne. He attended the Lycée impérial Bonaparte and then the École des Beaux-Arts where he studied painting and architecture. He won a Prix de Rome scholarship and spent three years at the Villa Medici. He also studied architecture in the atelier of Victor Baltard and painting in the atelier of Léon Riesener where he received guidance from Riesener's cousin Eugène Delacroix.

Many of his paintings were influenced by his architecture studies. He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1844 with Ruines d'un Temple dans l'Inde (Ruins of a Temple in India). He later exhibited landscape paintings of cities and villages and the interiors of churches. However, it was as a scenic designer that he achieved his primary fame. He studied the craft from 1842 under Charles Cicéri and Domenico Ferri, both of whom designed for the main opera houses and theatres of Paris. He spent two years in Spain from 1847 to 1849. He had originally gone there to work on the decor for a theatre in Barcelona, but on Ciceri's suggestion he travelled around Spain painting and sketching scenes of villages and towns. Spanish subjects were coming into vogue in opera and his paintings would later serve as inspirations for Chaperon's stage sets.

In 1851 he joined Cicéri's old atelier which at that point was being run by Cicéri's son-in-law Auguste Alfred Rubé. Rubé and Chaperon formed their own atelier, "Rubé et Chaperon", in 1864 and over the next 30 years produced numerous set designs as well as interior decor for theatres throughout France and in Belgium. In 1875 they created the trompe-l'œil curtain for the newly built Palais Garnier as well as the painting on the dome over the main auditorium of La Monnaie. Chaperon also designed a trompe-l'œil curtain for the Éden-Théâtre which opened in 1883. In addition to his theatre work with Rubé, Chaperon produced decorative paintings and interior designs for churches, public buildings, and private mansions such as the Hôtel Goüin.

In 1895, Rubé left the atelier to form a new partnership with his grandson Marcel Moisson who had worked at Rubé et Chaperon. Chaperon carried on the atelier, joined by his son Émile, and together they produced designs for many opera and theatre productions in Paris that included La favorite, Les Huguenots, Frédégonde, Hamlet and Messidor. They also produced exhibits for the Exposition Universelle in 1900, and interior decor for numerous provincial theatres as well as the Municipal Casino [fr] in Biarritz which opened in 1901.

Chaperon retired to Lagny-sur-Marne in the suburbs of Paris 1905. He died there in 1906 at the age of 83. After his death, the painter and politician Étienne Dujardin-Beaumetz [fr] commissioned a bust of Chaperon by Charles-Henri Pourquet which was placed in the Palais Garnier. Émile spoke at its dedication on 5 December 1910:

This beautiful theater reminded him of some of his happiest and most admired inspirations – the temple of Aida, for example, or the unforgettable esplanade of Elsinore in Hamlet – he loved music passionately.

After his father died, Émile Chaperon continued working as a designer and later set up an art gallery on the Faubourg Saint-Honoré. He left Paris for Saint-Maur in 1932 and died in Confolens in 1946. Philippe Chaperon had two other sons: Eugène Chaperon [es] (1857–1938), a painter and illustrator who specialised in military subjects, and the writer Philippe Auguste Théophile Chaperon (1853–c. 1938).

Gallery

Set designs

Paintings

  • L'église Saint-Etienne-du-Mont (1842) L'église Saint-Etienne-du-Mont (1842)
  • Bajada de San Miguel (1847) Bajada de San Miguel (1847)
  • Scène d'émeute au pont de l'Archevêché (1849) Scène d'émeute au pont de l'Archevêché (1849)
  • Intérieur d'un salon (1897), Intérieur d'un salon (1897),
  • Basilique Sainte-Sophie (1893) Basilique Sainte-Sophie (1893)

Notes

  1. The production was never realized as the theatre was destroyed by fire on 25 May 1887.

References

  1. ^ Wild, Nicole (1993). "Décorateurs et Costumiers: Chaperon, Philippe-Marie". Décors et costumes du XIXe siècle, Vol. 2, pp. 279–346. Éditions de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Online version retrieved 4 February 2019 (in French).
  2. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Notice de personne: Chaperon, Philippe (1823–1906). Retrieved 4 February 2019 (in French).
  3. Lacombe, Hervé (2001). The Keys to French Opera in the Nineteenth Century, p. 57. University of California Press. ISBN 0520217195
  4. ^ Beudert, Peter (2006) "Stage Painters at the Paris Opéra in the Nineteenth Century". Music in Art, Vol. 31, No. 1/2, pp. 63–72. Retrieved 4 February 2019 (subscription required).
  5. Lanoë-Villène, Georges (1905). Histoire de l'école française de paysage depuis Chintreuil jusqu'à 1900, p. 382. Société nantaise d'éditions (in French)
  6. s.n. "Philippe Chaperon (1823–1906)". Galerie La nouvelle Athènes. Retrieved 4 February 2019 (in French).
  7. ^ Carnoy, Henry (ed.) (1903–1909) "Chaperon, Phillipe". Dictionnaire biographique international des écrivains, pp. 44–46. Published in facsimile by Georg Olms Verlag, 1987. ISBN 3487410583 (in French)
  8. s.n. (2019). Dessins d'Architecture, pp. 12–13. Librairie Raphaël Thomas. Retrieved 7 February 2019 (in French).
  9. s.n. (2017). Architecture Dessins et Documents, p. 43. Librairie Raphaël Thomas. Retrieved 7 February 2019 (in French).
  10. s.n. "Philippe Chaperon". Encyclopédie de l'art lyrique français. Association l'Art Lyrique Français. Retrieved 4 February 2019 (in French).
  11. Bibliothèque nationale de France. "Théâtre musical: Obéron". Retrieved 7 February 2019 (in French).

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