Manuel Robbe Art
Manuel Robbe lived in Paris all his life, creating images that echoed the polished splendor of the Belle Epoque. He exhibited often at the Salons, first at the Société des Artistes Français (winning a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900) and after 1905 at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. As the turn of the century, critic Gabriel Moury noted, Robbe's favorite subject was the "modern woman," her costumes, and activities and the visual elegance of her world. Absorbing the influence of Impressionism, particularly Renoir, Robbe applied a sensitive painterly touch to techniques that fit with the new paradigm of mass production. He designed and printed posters for corsets and bicycles, seeing, like Toulouse-Lautrec, the artistic potential of the new commercial era. Robbe also created illustrations for humorous magazines and made colored etchings of the works of contemporary artists. He was a favorite artist of the celebrated Parisian print publisher Edmond Sagot, who promoted his work. Robbe was a pioneer of the à la poupée process, enabling an artist to print multiple colors from a single plate. He invented his engraving technique known as “sugar-life,” using a mixture of sugar, India ink and gum Arabic on Zinc plates. The plates were heated, intricately worked and color was applied with brushes made of rags; Robbe then used his fingers to perfect the tones. Such technical mastery allowed Robbe to make each image unique, imbued with a lushness and immediacy befitting of the era in which he lived.
Early 1900s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 20th Century French School Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Manuel Robbe Art
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1890s Modern Manuel Robbe Art
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1930s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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1930s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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1910s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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1950s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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1930s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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1950s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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1950s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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19th Century Modern Manuel Robbe Art
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1960s Surrealist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Manuel Robbe Art
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Mid-20th Century Swiss Expressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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1940s Modern Manuel Robbe Art
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19th Century French Modern Antique Manuel Robbe Art
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21st Century and Contemporary British Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s French School Manuel Robbe Art
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1950s American Vintage Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 20th Century American Modern Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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20th Century English Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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1930s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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Early 1900s Impressionist Manuel Robbe Art
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