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[[File:Sargent, Charles Giron.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Giron; portrait by</br> [[John Singer Sargent]]]]
'''Charles Alexandre Giron''' (2 April 1850, [[Geneva]] - 9 June 1914, [[Genthod]]) was a Swiss painter and art critic. He specialized in portraits and scenes with figures; some of them mildly humorous.
== Biography ==
His father, Antoine-Alexandre Giron, was a Catholic from Spain, who came to Switzerland via Sardinia. His mother, Marie Henriod, was an [[Huguenot]] from [[Neuchâtel]].
Initially, he was apprenticed to an [[Overglaze decoration|enameler]], but decided to become an artist instead. He began by taking lessons from [[François Diday]] and [[Barthélemy Menn]] in Geneva. In 1872, he went to Paris, where he frequented the Hôtel de Nice, a boarding house on the that was home to some painters from Switzerland. Later, he shared several studios with [[Max Leenhardt]]. His first exhibition at the [[Salon (Paris)|Salon]] came in 1876 and consisted mostly of landscapes. Eventually, he found a position in the studios of [[Alexandre Cabanel]] at the [[École des Beaux-Arts]].
During his time in France, he travelled extensively, visiting England, the Netherlands and Italy. A planned tour of India, sponsored by the [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III|Maharajah of Baroda]], failed to materialize. He was awarded the [[ Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]] in 1887 and, the following year, was named a Chevalier in the [[Legion of Honor]]. In 1891, he married Jeanne Antoinette Forget; the daughter of a merchant. They had three children. Their daughter, Simone, married into the noble
After being active in Paris and [[Cannes]], he and his family returned to Switzerland in 1896 and lived in several locations before settling in Genthod. In his capacity as an art critic, he came to the defense of [[Ferdinand Hodler]], when Hodler's controversial proposal for frescoes in the Weapons Room at the [[Swiss National Museum]] was rejected. He sat on the admissions jury for the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)]]. In 1901, he created murals for the [[National Council (Switzerland)|National Council]] in [[Berne]]. From 1898 to 1912, he served several terms on the (Federal Fine Arts Commission). In 1913, he suffered a stroke that left him unable to paint.
Two major retrospectives have been held: Zürich/Geneva in 1920 and Berne in 1955. A street in Geneva is named after him.
==Selected paintings==
<gallery mode=packed heights=210>
File:Giron Ignacy Jan Paderewski.jpg|Portrait of [[Paderewski]]
File:Giron, Contre jour.jpg|Against the Day
File:Giron-Trapeze.png|The Trapeze Artist and the Clown
File:Giron-Piano.png|Young Lady at the Piano
File:Giron-Bacchanale.png|[[Bacchanal]]
</gallery>
== Further reading ==
* Claudia Jacqueline Villa, ''Charles Giron'', mémoire licence à Genève, 1997, with a list of his works
==External links==
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* [http://bit.ly/2TbjkdU More works by Giron] @ ArtNet
[[Category:1850 births]]
[[Category:1914 deaths]]
[[Category:Swiss painters]]
[[Category:Swiss portrait painters]]
[[Category:Swiss art critics]]
[[File:Sargent, Charles Giron.jpg|thumb|200px|Charles Giron; portrait by</br> [[John Singer Sargent]]]]
'''Charles Alexandre Giron''' (2 April 1850, [[Geneva]] - 9 June 1914, [[Genthod]]) was a Swiss painter and art critic. He specialized in portraits and scenes with figures; some of them mildly humorous.
== Biography ==
His father, Antoine-Alexandre Giron, was a Catholic from Spain, who came to Switzerland via Sardinia. His mother, Marie Henriod, was an [[Huguenot]] from [[Neuchâtel]].
Initially, he was apprenticed to an [[Overglaze decoration|enameler]], but decided to become an artist instead. He began by taking lessons from [[François Diday]] and [[Barthélemy Menn]] in Geneva. In 1872, he went to Paris, where he frequented the Hôtel de Nice, a boarding house on the that was home to some painters from Switzerland. Later, he shared several studios with [[Max Leenhardt]]. His first exhibition at the [[Salon (Paris)|Salon]] came in 1876 and consisted mostly of landscapes. Eventually, he found a position in the studios of [[Alexandre Cabanel]] at the [[École des Beaux-Arts]].
During his time in France, he travelled extensively, visiting England, the Netherlands and Italy. A planned tour of India, sponsored by the [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III|Maharajah of Baroda]], failed to materialize. He was awarded the [[ Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]] in 1887 and, the following year, was named a Chevalier in the [[Legion of Honor]]. In 1891, he married Jeanne Antoinette Forget; the daughter of a merchant. They had three children. Their daughter, Simone, married into the noble
After being active in Paris and [[Cannes]], he and his family returned to Switzerland in 1896 and lived in several locations before settling in Genthod. In his capacity as an art critic, he came to the defense of [[Ferdinand Hodler]], when Hodler's controversial proposal for frescoes in the Weapons Room at the [[Swiss National Museum]] was rejected. He sat on the admissions jury for the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)]]. In 1901, he created murals for the [[National Council (Switzerland)|National Council]] in [[Berne]]. From 1898 to 1912, he served several terms on the (Federal Fine Arts Commission). In 1913, he suffered a stroke that left him unable to paint.
Two major retrospectives have been held: Zürich/Geneva in 1920 and Berne in 1955. A street in Geneva is named after him.
==Selected paintings==
<gallery mode=packed heights=210>
File:Giron Ignacy Jan Paderewski.jpg|Portrait of [[Paderewski]]
File:Giron, Contre jour.jpg|Against the Day
File:Giron-Trapeze.png|The Trapeze Artist and the Clown
File:Giron-Piano.png|Young Lady at the Piano
File:Giron-Bacchanale.png|[[Bacchanal]]
</gallery>
== Further reading ==
* Claudia Jacqueline Villa, ''Charles Giron'', mémoire licence à Genève, 1997, with a list of his works
==External links==
*
*
* [http://bit.ly/2TbjkdU More works by Giron] @ ArtNet
[[Category:1850 births]]
[[Category:1914 deaths]]
[[Category:Swiss painters]]
[[Category:Swiss portrait painters]]
[[Category:Swiss art critics]]
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