Charles Jalabert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Jalabert

French painter

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1818

Place of Birth: Nîmes, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 08-Mar-1901

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Charles Jalabert

  • Charles François Jalabert (1819–1901) was a French painter in the academic style.
  • He rapidly gained renown as an artist among Parisian high society in the second half of the 19th century and attended the salon of Madame Sabatier.
  • Some of his works are now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes. Jalabert was born in Nîmes.
  • One of his most famous works was the oil on canvas painting called The Plague of Thebes.
  • The painting referred to the Athenian tragedy 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles.
  • Thebes is ravaged by plague as a result of the corruption in the place and the murderer of Laius, the former king of the city.
  • The attempts of Oedipus, the incumbent ruler, to allay the plague bring him only to the realization that he is the cause of the plague.
  • His murdering his own father and marrying his mother, he comes to see, is what brought the curse to Thebes.
  • The Plague of Thebes, and other famous works of Jalabert's, like Oedipus and Antigone, are now on display at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes.

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