Robert Prévost (painter)
{{Short description|French painter (1893–1967)}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Robert Prévost
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|07|02}}
| birth_place = Avallon, France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|08|17|1893|07|02}}
| death_place = Avallon, France
| employer = Le Rire, L'illustré de Zurich, Les lectures du Foyer de Lausanne
| known_for = Watercolor, illustration, chronicler
| notable_works = Catalogue de la collection de dessins: Avallon juin 1940, Avallon en 1900
| image = Robert Prévost (painter).webp
| alt = Black-and-white bust-length photo portrait of Prévost; he is wearing a suit and tie
}}
Robert Prévost (2 July 1893 – 17 August 1967) was a French painter from Avallon.{{cite web|access-date=1 January 2022 |language=FR |title=Fiche défunt - Prévost Paul Marie Robert |url=https://www.cimetieres-de-france.fr/defunt/prevost-paul-marie-robert-4835 |website=Cimetières de France}}
He spent most of his life in Avallon, a town which he depicted in numerous watercolors. He is well-known in Avallon for his representations of the town and its surroundings. In addition to his watercolors, he authored a work about Avallon that remains a reference to this day: Avallon en 1900. This book was first published in 1958,{{cite web|access-date=2022-10-01 |title=Avallon en 1900 - Livre de Robert Prévost |url=https://booknode.com/avallon_en_1900_02075125 |website=booknode.com}} and was reissued in 1978 with nine previously unpublished chapters.{{cite web|access-date=1 October 2022 |title=Chronique du pays d'Avallon : Avallon en 1900... [2e édition augmentée de neuf chapitres inédits]. [Yonne]. · Bibliographie d'histoire du droit en langue française · Bibliographie numérique d'histoire du droit |url=https://bibliographienumeriquedhistoiredudroit-ifg.univ-lorraine.fr/s/droit/item/124614 |website=bibliographienumeriquedhistoiredudroit-ifg.univ-lorraine.fr}}
Biography
Paul Marie Robert Prévost was the son of Suzanne Marthe Bailly (1872–1961) and Henri François Prévost (1863–1934). His father was an architect and was a member of the Avallon Studies Society (Société d'études d'Avallon) from 1904 to 1919. His father was also a watercolorist, as was his aunt, Marie Prévost.
He was a member of the Avallon Studies Society,{{cite web|access-date=2 October 2022 |title=Site Web de la Société d'études d'Avallon |url=https://seavallon.wifeosite.com/ |website=seavallon.wifeosite.com}} where his name first appeared in 1932.{{cite web|access-date=1 October 2022 |date=1932 |first=Société d'études d'Avallon Auteur du |language=FR |last=texte |title=Bulletin de la Société d'études d'Avallon |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97283277 |website=Gallica}} He wrote several articles for the Society up until the 1960s.
He contributed as an illustrator and columnist to the magazine Le Rire. He created illustrations for advertisements (the term "réclame," common at the time, would be more appropriate).{{cite web|access-date=13 November 2022 |author=Archives du Cantal |title=Publicité pour un gant électrique destiné au conducteur d'automobile, maison G. Goisot à Paris. - Dessin de Robert Prévost. Cote 6 NUM 63. |url=https://archives.cantal.fr/ark:16075/a011329472494dTxaSq |website=archives.cantal.fr}}
From 1925 to 1935, he resided in Paris at 13 rue Saint Ambroise,{{cite book|access-date=2 October 2022 |author1=Société d'études d'Avallon |date=1932 |language=FR |location=Dijon |page=7 |title=Bulletin de la société d'études d'Avallon 74ième année - 1932 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97283277/f1.item}} where he contributed to Swiss magazines such as L'Illustré from Zurich and Les Lectures du Foyer from Lausanne.
He exhibited his work at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants and the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.{{cite book|author1=Robert Prévost |date=1958 |language=FR |location=Auxerre |page=Préface de Jacques Delindry |publisher=Editions R.P. |title=Avallon en 1900 - Edition de 1958}}
After this period, he returned to Avallon and lived with his mother at 30 rue Cousin le Pont. He remained unmarried throughout his life.
In June 1940, he produced a series of wash drawings depicting the exodus, the debacle, and the arrival of German forces in Avallon. Some of these drawings were exhibited with the permission of the Kommandantur on July 25, 1940, in a bookstore in Avallon. On November 28, 1940, President P.E. Flandin recommended their acquisition by the town of Avallon for the museum's collection. This acquisition was unanimously approved by the municipal council on May 28, 1941. A catalog featuring 25 paintings was published by the Avallon Museum (Catalogue de la collection de dessins : Avallon juin 1940). This catalog was reissued in 2015 and is considered an important historical document from this troubled period in the history of France.{{cite book| author1=Robert Prévost |date=October 2015 |isbn=9782951146136 |language=FR |location=Avallon |publisher=L'Yonne conseil départemental |title=Catalogue de la collection de dessins : Avallon juin 1940 (réédition)}}
In 1958, he published Avallon en 1900, of which he was both author and illustrator. Through 31 chapters, the book portrays the history of the town of Avallon and its residents around the year 1900. Through anecdotes illustrated with his drawings, it presents the town's notable figures and significant events from that time. In 1978, the book was reissued, with nine unpublished chapters written by Prévost before his death in 1967.
Works
= Books as author and illustrator =
- La Cathédrale et les grands sanctuaires d'Anvers
- Saint Pierre de Genève
- Bruges
- Saint Lazarre d'Avallon
- Les châteaux de la Loire
- Avallon en 1900{{cite web|access-date=2 October 2022 |title=Avallon en 1900 - Livre de Robert Prévost |url=https://booknode.com/avallon_en_1900_02075125 |website=booknode.com}}
= Books as illustrator =
- Tricentenaire de Vauban. Programme Paris - Le Morvan - Avallon - Mai Juillet 1933{{cite book|access-date=2 October 2022 |date=1933 |last1=Comité des fêtes du Tricentenaire de Vauban |title=Tricentenaire de Vauban |url=https://ccfr.bnf.fr/portailccfr/ark:/06871/0011179785}}
- Guide de la Collégiale Saint-Lazare d'Avallon{{cite book|author1=Chanoine F. Brunet Curé-Archiprètre de Saint-Lazare |language=FR |location=Auxerre IMP. Moderne PL. Robillard |title=Guide de la Collégiale Saint-Lazare d'Avallon}}
- Deux heures dans le vieil Avallon - Son site, ses monuments, sa collégiale{{cite book|author1=Abbé Marcel Terre |date=August 1951 |language=FR |location=Semur |title=Deux heures dans le vieil Avallon - Son site, ses monuments, sa collégiale}}
= Watercolors=
The Museum of Avallon holds around one hundred watercolors by Robert Prévost, which are regularly exhibited.{{cite web|access-date=2 October 2022 |author=Musée d'avallon |language=FR |title=Robert Prévost |url=https://musee.ville-avallon.fr/?page_id=2479 |website=Musée de l'Avalonnais Jean Desprès}}
The Avallon Costume Museum presents numerous works by Robert Prévost as well as those by his aunt, Marie Prévost.{{cite web|access-date=27 November 2022 |language=fr-FR |title=Musée du Costume à AVALLON |url=https://www.tourisme-yonne.com/chateaux-musees-visites/centre-dexposition-du-costume/ |website=Tourisme Yonne}}
The Château de Bazoches, the residence of Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban, displays two works by Robert Prévost, including a general view of "Marshal Vauban’s Château at Bazoches", reproduced in the program celebrating Vauban’s tercentenary..
References
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External links
- [https://www.lyonne.fr/avallon-89200/loisirs/_11791227/ Sur les traces de Robert Prévost], l'Yonne Républicaine du 20/02/2016
- [https://www.lyonne.fr/avallon-89200/loisirs/croquer-lavis-la-collection-prevost-est-visible-depuis-samedi-et-jusquau-13-novembre_11776863/ Croquer “lavis"], l'Yonne Républicaine du 10/02/2016
- [https://www.lyonne.fr/avallon-89200/loisirs/la-peinture-heritage-de-la-famille-prevost-dans-les-reserves-du-musee-de-l-avallonnais_14099680/ La peinture, héritage de la famille Prévost dans les réserves du musée de l'Avallonnais], l'Yonne Républicaine du 16/03/2022
- [https://musee.ville-avallon.fr/?page_id=2479 Musée d'Avallon - Jean Despres]
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