Charles Camoin

Charles Camoin was a French painter at the beginning of the 20th century and belonged to the Fauves group. He was a student of Gustave Mourreau, came into contact with the Paris scene at an early age, corresponded with Paul Cézanne and exhibited with the Fauvists at the Galerie Berthe Weill between 1904 and 1907. His later work shows influences from Auguste Rodin's softer painting style. His career was marked by numerous travels: he was regularly drawn to the south of France (Marseille, Cassis, La Ciotat) and further afield to Italy, Corsica, London, Spain and Morocco. These travels helped him to capture the light of the south in different ways. During his lifetime, a retrospective of his works was shown at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in 1958, and in 1962 he was represented in the exhibition “Gustave Moreau and his pupils”. Today, his works can be found in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Marseille, the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris and the National Gallery in Berlin, among others.