13 Works, October 14th. is Albert Maignan’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #222
Les Voix du Tocsin (The Voices of the Warning Bell), c. 1888
Oil on canvas
Musée de Picardie, Amiens
The origin of this tableau is rooted in a trip Maignan took to inspect the bell of the Saint-Prix church, described with passionate detail in his journal. The genesis would take time, taking the artist from stages of euphoria to discouragement from 1882 to 1888, the year of its presentation at the Salon. Exhibited the following year at the Paris World Fair, it would be purchased by the French government and transferred for exhibition at the Museum of Picardie in 1892…
Albert Pierre René Maignan (14 October 1845–29 September 1908) was a French history painter and illustrator.
In 1864, he left his hometown to study law in Paris, earning his diploma in 1866. During his studies he also painted and took art lessons from Jules Achille Noël. He had his début at the Salon in 1867, and continued to exhibit there throughout his life. In 1868, he travelled extensively, painting in Rouen, Córdoba, Seville and at the Suez Canal before its opening. Upon his return, he found a position in the studios of Évariste Vital Luminais…