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He worked primarily for himself and made his living as a restorer and decorator of department store mannequins.
He worked primarily for himself and made his living as a restorer and decorator of department store mannequins.

His 1946 portrait of a reclining nude shown from behind entitled ''Oh! Calcutta, Calcutta!''—a pun in French—was chosen as the title for the 1969 [[musical revue]] ''[[Oh! Calcutta!]]''. (The French phrase "oh quel cul t'as" translates roughly as "oh what a lovely ass you have".)


Trouille died in Paris on 24 September 1975.
Trouille died in Paris on 24 September 1975.
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After his work was seen by [[Louis Aragon]] and [[Salvador Dalí]], Trouille was declared a [[Surrealist]] by [[André Breton]]—a label Trouille accepted only as a way of gaining exposure, not having any real sympathy with that movement. Nonetheless, he maintained contact with the surrealists, including Breton<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clovis |first1=Trouille |title=Lettre de Clovis Trouille à André Breton, datée de Paris, le 1er janvier 1949. |url=https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600101001533?back_rql=DISTINCT%20Any%20M%2CMT%2CD%20ORDERBY%20ST%20WHERE%20X%20linked_to%20M%2C%20M%20short_description%20D%2C%20NOT%20X%20identity%20M%2C%20M%20title%20MT%2C%20M%20sorttitle%20ST%2C%20X%20eid%2030651&back_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.andrebreton.fr%2Fen%2Fview%3Frql%3DDISTINCT%2520Any%2520M%252CMT%252CD%2520ORDERBY%2520ST%2520WHERE%2520X%2520linked_to%2520M%252C%2520M%2520short_description%2520D%252C%2520NOT%2520X%2520identity%2520M%252C%2520M%2520title%2520MT%252C%2520M%2520sorttitle%2520ST%252C%2520X%2520eid%252030651%26vid%3Dprimary |website=André Breton |access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref> and [[Marcel Jean]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jean |first1=Marcel |title=The History of Surrealist Painting |date=1960 |publisher=Grove Press Inc |location=New York |pages=223–225}}</ref>
After his work was seen by [[Louis Aragon]] and [[Salvador Dalí]], Trouille was declared a [[Surrealist]] by [[André Breton]]—a label Trouille accepted only as a way of gaining exposure, not having any real sympathy with that movement. Nonetheless, he maintained contact with the surrealists, including Breton<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clovis |first1=Trouille |title=Lettre de Clovis Trouille à André Breton, datée de Paris, le 1er janvier 1949. |url=https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600101001533?back_rql=DISTINCT%20Any%20M%2CMT%2CD%20ORDERBY%20ST%20WHERE%20X%20linked_to%20M%2C%20M%20short_description%20D%2C%20NOT%20X%20identity%20M%2C%20M%20title%20MT%2C%20M%20sorttitle%20ST%2C%20X%20eid%2030651&back_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.andrebreton.fr%2Fen%2Fview%3Frql%3DDISTINCT%2520Any%2520M%252CMT%252CD%2520ORDERBY%2520ST%2520WHERE%2520X%2520linked_to%2520M%252C%2520M%2520short_description%2520D%252C%2520NOT%2520X%2520identity%2520M%252C%2520M%2520title%2520MT%252C%2520M%2520sorttitle%2520ST%252C%2520X%2520eid%252030651%26vid%3Dprimary |website=André Breton |access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref> and [[Marcel Jean]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jean |first1=Marcel |title=The History of Surrealist Painting |date=1960 |publisher=Grove Press Inc |location=New York |pages=223–225}}</ref>


The simple style and lurid colouring of Trouille's paintings echo the lithographic posters used in advertising in the first half of the 20th century. His 1946 reclining nude shown from behind is entitled ''Oh! Calcutta, Calcutta!;'' a pun in French from pronunciation of the phrase "oh quel cul t'as" ("oh what a lovely arse you have")<ref>{{Cite book |last=Turmel |first=Jean-Pierre, ... |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/826805173 |title=Sordide sentimental. Volume 2, Gouffres & cimes |date=2012 |publisher=Camion blanc. Impr. ACORT (Europe) |others= |isbn=978-2-35779-209-8 |volume=2 |location=Rosières-en-Haye |pages=n.p. |language=fr |oclc=826805173}}</ref> and is a close copy in paint from a small reproduction of André Steiner's nude photograph in the July 1935 issue of the magazine ''[[Paris Sex-Appeal]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dunan |first=René |last2=Steiner |first2=André |date=July 1935 |title=Au Pays de la Prostitution |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t53709350/f39.item |journal=Paris Sex-Appeal |issue=24 |pages=43}}</ref>
The simple style and lurid colouring of Trouille's paintings echo the lithographic posters used in advertising in the first half of the 20th century.


==Awards==
==Awards==

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Camille Clovis Trouille (24 October 1889 – 24 September 1975) was a French artist known for surrealistic paintings of erotic and anti-clerical subjects.

Career

He was born in La Fère, France, and was trained at the École des Beaux-Arts of Amiens from 1905 to 1910.[1] His service in World War I gave him a lifelong hatred of the military, expressed in his first major painting Remembrance (1931). The painting depicts a pair of wraith-like soldiers clutching white rabbits, an airborne female contortionist throwing a handful of medals, and the whole scene being blessed by a cross-dressing cardinal.

This contempt for the Church as a corrupt institution provided Trouille with the inspiration for decades of work:

  • Dialogue at the Carmel (1944) shows a skull wearing a crown of thorns being used as an ornament.
  • The Mummy shows a mummified woman coming to life as a result of a shaft of light falling on a large bust of André Breton.
  • The Magician (1944) has a self-portrait satisfying a group of swooning women with a wave of his magician's wand.
  • My Tomb (1947) shows Trouille's tomb as a focal point of corruption and depravity in a graveyard.

Trouille's other common subjects were sex, as shown in Lust (1959), a portrait of the Marquis de Sade sitting in the foreground of a landscape decorated with a tableau of various perversions, and a "madly egoistic bravado" employed in a self-mocking style.

He worked primarily for himself and made his living as a restorer and decorator of department store mannequins.

Trouille died in Paris on 24 September 1975.

Style

After his work was seen by Louis Aragon and Salvador Dalí, Trouille was declared a Surrealist by André Breton—a label Trouille accepted only as a way of gaining exposure, not having any real sympathy with that movement. Nonetheless, he maintained contact with the surrealists, including Breton[2] and Marcel Jean.[3]

The simple style and lurid colouring of Trouille's paintings echo the lithographic posters used in advertising in the first half of the 20th century. His 1946 reclining nude shown from behind is entitled Oh! Calcutta, Calcutta!; a pun in French from pronunciation of the phrase "oh quel cul t'as" ("oh what a lovely arse you have")[4] and is a close copy in paint from a small reproduction of André Steiner's nude photograph in the July 1935 issue of the magazine Paris Sex-Appeal.[5]

Awards

In 2019 the National Leather Association International established an award named after Trouille for creators of surrealistic erotic art.[6]

Further reading

  • Parcours à travers l'œuvre de Clovis Trouille 1889 - 1975 Clovis Prévost, Actes Sud - Edition Bernard Légier ISBN 2-7427-4476-2
  • Clovis Trouille Jean-Marc Campagne; Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1965
  • Correspondance à Maurice Rapin Trouille, Clovis Didier Devillez Avant-gardes / Littérature / Beaux-arts / 2001 Format: 22 x 15 cm / sewed / 128 pages / in French ISBN 2-87396-047-7
  • Correspondances de Clovis Trouille, Gérard Lattier in French Actes Sud (1 March 2004) sewed - 44 pages ISBN 2-7427-4934-9
  • Fabrice Flahutez, Sylvie Couderc, Clovis Trouille: Un peintre libre et iconoclaste, Musée de Picardie / Amiens Métropôle, 2007. in French (May 2007) ISBN 978-2-908095-37-1

References

  1. ^ Clovis Trouille. Paris: Editions Filipacchi. 1972.
  2. ^ Clovis, Trouille. "Lettre de Clovis Trouille à André Breton, datée de Paris, le 1er janvier 1949". André Breton. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ Jean, Marcel (1960). The History of Surrealist Painting. New York: Grove Press Inc. pp. 223–225.
  4. ^ Turmel, Jean-Pierre, ... (2012). Sordide sentimental. Volume 2, Gouffres & cimes (in French). Vol. 2. Rosières-en-Haye: Camion blanc. Impr. ACORT (Europe). pp. n.p. ISBN 978-2-35779-209-8. OCLC 826805173.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Dunan, René; Steiner, André (July 1935). "Au Pays de la Prostitution". Paris Sex-Appeal (24): 43.
  6. ^ "Award Nominations - NLA International". www.nla-international.com. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)

External links

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