Guidette Carbonell (23 January 1910 – 22 April 2008) was a French artist, first known for her ceramic works, including bowls, plates, tiles, lamps, and fantasy animal figures. She also made mixed-media paintings, collages and tapestries.
Guidette Carbonell | |
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| Born | Marguerite Sophie Caroline Carbonell 23 January 1910 Meudon, France |
| Died | 22 April 2008 (aged 98) Bioussac, France |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, ceramist, weaver |
| Spouse | Emmanuel Auricoste (m. 1938; divorced) |
| Children | 2: Marianne Auricoste, Isabelle Auricoste |
| Relatives | Hubert Tonka (son-in-law) |
Early life
editMarguerite Sophie Caroline Carbonell, called "Guidette",[1] was born in Meudon, France,[2] the daughter of Charles Carbonell and the former Arminia Babaïan.[3] Her father was a Catalan doctor; her mother was an artist born to Armenian parents in Tbilisi.[4] Guidette Carbonell studied art in Paris[5] with André Lhote[6] and Roger Bissière, and with Othon Friesz.[7][8]
Career
editCarbonell exhibited small enamel pieces in 1928 at the Société des artistes décorateurs. She designed fountains and murals for the French government in the 1930s. She was a longtime collaborator with decorator Jacques Adnet.[5] She became a member of the Salon des artistes décorateurs in 1945. She was named a chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 1957. In the 1950s, she worked on large mixed-media friezes involving embedded pebbles, fibers, glass, pottery, and other objects.[7] Later in her career, she worked in tapestry and collage, often with bird themes.[9]
The Meudon Art and History Museum showed her "harpies" (her name for her fantasy winged creatures in various media) in 1988. In 2007, there was a retrospective of her works at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.[7] The retrospective show traveled to Roubaix and Rouen, and a monograph about Carbonell's work was published in 2007.[10] A short documentary film about Carbonell was released in 2009.[11]
Personal life
editCarbonell married fellow artist Emmanuel Auricoste (1908–1995) in 1938. They had two daughters, Isabelle and Marianne, before they divorced. Her daughter Marianne Auricoste is an actress and speaker.[3] Her other daughter, Isabelle Auricoste, became an illustrator[12] and an elected municipal official,[13] and married urban planner Hubert Tonka.[14] Guidette Carbonell died in 2008, aged 98 years, in Bioussac.[1][2][5]
References
edit- ^ a b Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (Insee); Paris, France; Fichier des personnes décédées; Roll #: deces-2008.txt
- ^ a b "Guidette Carbonell (1910-2008)". Data, Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF). Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ a b Bakhchinyan, Artsvi (2019-02-14). "Marianne Auricoste: 'I Grew Up with Armenia in My Heart'". The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ Qui est qui en France (in French). J. Lafitte. 2003. p. 409. ISBN 9782857840428.
- ^ a b c "Guidette Carbonell". Galerie Anne-Sophie Duval. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Guidette Carbonell". Art of the Day. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ a b c "Guidette Carbonell " Céramiste oui, mais artiste avant tout "". Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ "Guidette Carbonell - Table lamp, ca. 1950". Phillips. June 15, 2012. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ "Guidette CARBONELL, Ceramist, Biography". Galerie Alexandre Guillemain. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ Bodet, Frédéric (2007). Guidette Carbonell : céramiques et tapisseries. Karine Lacquemant, Musée des arts décoratifs, Musée d'art et d'industrie de Roubaix, Musée de la céramique. Paris, France: Norma. ISBN 978-2-915542-10-3. OCLC 144568783.
- ^ Tewe, Katherine (2009). "Guidette Carbonell Art Textile". Film-Documentaire. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ Marx, Karl (2015). Il était une fois la plus-value selon Karl Marx. Isabelle Auricoste, illustratrice. Paris: Sens & Tonka. ISBN 978-2-84534-257-6. OCLC 948668601.
- ^ "Présidente du Pays Ruffécois, Isabelle Auricoste-Tonka élevée chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur". CharenteLibre.fr (in French). 21 March 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ Carin, Sylviane (27 March 2014). "Galienne Tonka, la femme qui parle avec les chevaux". Charente Libre (in French). Retrieved 2021-03-06.
External links
edit- Galerie Mercier et associés, Guidette Carbonell: Tapisseries, Céramiques, Dessins a 2015 exhibition catalog, with many images of Carbonell's work
