Biography

Louis Ridel studied at the Académie Julian then under the direction of Gustave Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1889 (with Matisse, Camoin, Marquet and Rouault). He exhibited at the Salon of French Artists between 1893 and 1935, at the Salon des Tuileries between 1927 and 1934, at the Universal Exhibition in Ghent in 1913 and at the famous gallery Georges Petit (1909-1910). The artist's works are present in the museums of Nantes, Strasbourg, Pont-Aven but also Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. This symbolist painter, friend of Aman-Jean, Maxence and Albert Besnard, mainly represented women of the bourgeoisie, ethereal and diaphanous or landscapes of his native region, Brittany. In 1896, he obtained an honorable mention from the Salon of French artists, then a third class medal in 1898 and second class in 1900. In 1901, he was Hors Concours. In 1909, he was appointed knight of the Legion of Honor2. He receives official orders for the Senate, the Ministry of Public Works or the town hall of the 12th arrondissement of Paris.