Georges jules victor clarin biography of martin

French painter and illustrator (–)

Georges Jules Victor Clairin (11 September , Paris &#; Pouldu, Clohars-Carnoët 2 September ) was a French Orientalist painter and illustrator.

He was influenced by Eastern imagery Moorish architecture, and visited North Africa many times, in particular Algeria, Morocco and Egypt. In Paris he led the life of a socialite, and befriended the glamorous actress Sarah Bernhardt, his friend for 50 years, and is today best known for his 'in costume' and informal intimate portraits of her.^[1]

Life

Clairin was apprenticed in the workshops of Isidore Pils and François-Édouard Picot.

In he entered the École des beaux-arts de Paris,^[1] and in first displayed his work. He travelled to Spain with Henri Regnault and to Italy with François Flameng and Jean-Léon Gérôme. He met the Catalan painter Marià Fortuny in Morocco and they visited Tétouan together.^[2] In , he travelled to Egypt with the composer Camill