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| Keywords: Charles de Coubertin - Allégorie aux sports - Google Art Project.jpg LargeImage Oil on canvas 1822 Paris France 1822 1908 1908 Charles Male 553165 de Coubertin French 1822 - 1908 /collection/the-olympic-museum/artwork/allegorie-aux-sports-charles-de-coubertin/557158/ Charles de Coubertin Painter /artist/charles-louis-fredy-de-coubertin/4126403/ 4126403 /collection/the-olympic-museum/ The Olympic Museum 536088 http //www olympic org/museum 12/16/2011 3 54 00 PM /collection/the-olympic-museum/artwork/allegorie-aux-sports-charles-de-coubertin/557158/ 1896 1896 Charles Louis de Frédy was a well-respected genre and church painter who became known primarily for his large murals in churches and public buildings In 1848/49 he visited North Africa and the Orient and returned with a range of fresh almost impressionistic watercolours Later Charles de Coubertin ™s style changed; in particular he interpreted serious religious subjects Le Cortège Pontifical 1860 and Le Départ des Missionaires 1868 are two examples of roughly 100 murals by the painter For more than 40 years Charles de Coubertin exhibited in the famous Salon de Paris as Superintendant of Fine Arts Of particular interest are his personal sketches and paintings of landscapes especially those of Normandy his wife ™s homeland and of the Château Mirville There are also a considerable number of portrait sketches of his family especially of the four children Charles de Coubertin 1822-1908 was in fact the father of Baron Pierre de Coubertin 1863-1937 the man behind the creation of the Olympic Games of the modern era He sketched his youngest son Pierre many times in his childhood years Pierre later influenced his father to interpret sporting themes and representations of Olympism This Allégorie aux sports was part of that creative phase Oil on canvas 975 557158 False 1896 1896 Complete 3/24/2012 3 45 52 AM 4134 http //www olympic org/content/museum/mosaic/artworks/artist_de_coubertin11/ filter1 artworks IOC/The Olympic Museum International Olympic Committee 1984 painting 1890 1900 France Creation w800 x h975 cm 1896 False 0 833984375 ©IOC/G Peter Object allegorie-aux-sports-charles-de-coubertin Allégorie aux sports a 800 Oil on canvas special url_id igH6ol_vz89URA PD-old-100-1923 1908 Google Art Project works by Charles de Coubertin 1896 oil on canvas paintings Sports in art Olympic Congress | ||||
