Alice Dannenberg facts for kids
Alice Dannenberg (born April 4, 1861 – died June 28, 1948) was a French painter from Russia. She lived in the early 1900s and helped start a famous art school in Paris called the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.
Her Life Story
Alice Dannenberg was born in Mitau. This city was part of the Russian Empire back then. Today, it is in the country of Latvia. By the late 1800s, Alice had moved to Paris, France.
She started showing her paintings in 1901. She joined a group of artists from the Left Bank area of Paris. They were called "Les Quelques," which means "The Few." Another artist in this group was Martha Stettler from Switzerland. A few years later, Alice helped create a new group of 50 artists. They called themselves "Tendences nouvelles," meaning "New Trends." This group held an art show in 1904. In 1908, Dannenberg rejoined "The Few." This allowed her to show her art outside the big art shows called salons.
In 1902, Dannenberg and Stettler opened a new art school. It was named the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. Their goal was to teach art differently. They did not want the strict rules taught at the École des Beaux-Arts. Dannenberg and Stettler were the directors of this school until 1945. A great thing about the Grande Chaumière was its low fees. They were even lower than another school, the Académie Julian. Famous teachers there included Walter Sickert and Antoine Bourdelle. Many well-known artists studied there. These included Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, and Alberto Giacometti.
In 1911, Dannenberg was chosen to join the National Society of Fine Arts. In 1927, she became a French citizen. Soon after, she and Stettler moved to Fontenay-sous-Bois. Alice Dannenberg's last art show was in 1937. After World War II, she and Stettler settled in Châtillon. Alice Dannenberg passed away there in 1948.
Her Artworks
When Alice Dannenberg began showing her art in 1901, she was already an experienced painter. She had been painting for over fifteen years. Her oldest known painting is from 1884. It shows a landscape from Russia.
Between 1904 and about 1912, she mostly painted lively scenes. These often showed Parisian children playing. She especially liked painting them in the Luxembourg Gardens and the Tuileries gardens. Around 1908, she started painting beach scenes. She also painted landscapes that looked a bit sad. In 1913, she painted a series of pictures inspired by Italy. These included scenes from Venice and Florence. In 1914, she began a ten-year period of painting inside rooms and still lifes. Still lifes are paintings of objects like fruit or flowers. In the 1920s, she painted expressive seascapes. These were dramatic pictures of the sea. In the 1930s, she focused on painting flowers.
Art experts have compared her Impressionist style to artists like John Singer Sargent. Impressionism is a style where artists use small, thin brushstrokes. They try to capture how light looks at a certain moment.
Between 1904 and 1935, Dannenberg often showed her landscapes and everyday life paintings. She exhibited them at the yearly Salon d'Automne and Salon des Indépendants shows. She also showed her art in other places.
See also
In Spanish: Alice Dannenberg para niños
