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Ablett, William Albert [1877-1936. France. Painter/Illustrator]
Ablett, William Albert [1877-1936. France. Painter/Illustrator]
William Albert Ablett was born to English parents in Paris, France on 9 July 1877 and studied under Albert Aublet and Jean-Louis Gérôme at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
He subsequently worked as a painter and as an engraver. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris, and from 1910 to 1936 at the at the Société nationale des beaux-arts in Paris. He also exhibited at the New Gallery and the Royal Academy in London. He was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle et Internationale in Liège in 1905
During the 1920s he began working as an engraver and magazine illustrator. He illustrated an edition of edition of Les Liaisons dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos.
Ablett became a member of the member of the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and in 1907 the Cercle de l’Union artistique. In 1930 he was was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. He lived most of his life in Paris where he died as a result of an automobile accident on 26 April 1936
He subsequently worked as a painter and as an engraver. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris, and from 1910 to 1936 at the at the Société nationale des beaux-arts in Paris. He also exhibited at the New Gallery and the Royal Academy in London. He was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle et Internationale in Liège in 1905
During the 1920s he began working as an engraver and magazine illustrator. He illustrated an edition of edition of Les Liaisons dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos.
Ablett became a member of the member of the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and in 1907 the Cercle de l’Union artistique. In 1930 he was was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. He lived most of his life in Paris where he died as a result of an automobile accident on 26 April 1936
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