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Alfred Couverchel
1834 to 1867
Alfred Couverchel painted the Algerian Sahara from life. In 1861, at twenty-seven, he traveled south as far as the oasis of Ouargla. He had trained under Horace Vernet, showed at the Paris Salon from 1857 until the year of his death, and died in 1867 at thirty-three.
Original Alfred Couverchel Paintings for Sale
A Sky in Turquoise
The sky behind the plumes is turquoise, not blue.
Behind the litter Couverchel lays in a pale turquoise rather than a deep blue. The three dark plumes on its crown stand straight up against it.
Who Trained Couverchel
He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in April 1851, under François-Édouard Picot, and became a favorite pupil of Horace Vernet.
His chosen master
The painter
Other teachers
- François-Édouard PicotÉcole des Beaux-Arts, 1851
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Thirty-Three Years
The Life of Alfred Couverchel, Place by Place
He entered the École des Beaux-Arts at seventeen, reached the Sahara at twenty-seven, and was dead at thirty-three.
He enters the École des Beaux-Arts in April 1851, at seventeen, under François-Édouard Picot, and becomes a favorite pupil of Horace Vernet.
At twenty-seven he travels deep into the Algerian Sahara, as far as the oasis of Ouargla.
- 1834Born at Marseille-le-Petitin the Oise
- 1851École des Beaux-Artsunder Picot and Vernet
- 1857First Paris Salonat twenty-three
- 1861Ouargladeep in the Algerian Sahara
- 1867Dies at Le Vésinetthen part of Chatou
Stories about Couverchel
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A capture in the desert.
In September 1861 the rebel leader Mohamed Ben Abdallah was taken near Ouargla. Couverchel painted the scene and showed it at the Salon of 1863.
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Biographical information compiled from the Société d'histoire du Vésinet, the Bibliothèque nationale de France and published artist reference sources. Photographs of the painting by GalerieClub Fine Art.