Alphonse osbert vizija skopje

My Symbolist painter of the week is Alphonse Osbert (1857–1939), who in his day was in the avant garde, and painted some of the best exanples of pure Symbolist art from the height of the movement.

Alphonse osbert vizija skopje

Sadly, his work is largely forgotten now, but if you were to visit the thermal baths at Vichy in France, you’ll see some even better examples than the easel paintings I have been able to locate.

Osbert was born in Paris in 1857, and trained at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in the city, where he worked in the studios of Henri Lehmann, Fernand Cormon and Léon Bonnat.

Initially, his style was influenced by Spanish old masters and was Naturalist, as was all the rage at the time. During the mid 1880s he adopted more progressive Post-Impressionist styles, at one stage experimenting with Divisionist or ‘Pointillist’ technique thanks to his friendship with Georges Seurat, who became a friend when they were pupils together.

His most significant influence, though