René Xavier Prinet

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRené François Xavier•Prinet
Used nameRené Xavier•Prinet
Born31 December 1861 in Vitry-le-François, Marne (FRA)
Died26 January 1946 in Bourbonne-les-Bains, Marne (FRA)
NOC France

Biography

French illustrator and painter René François Xavier Prinet was a contributor to L’Estampe Moderne. He studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme, Courtois and Dagnan-Bouveret at the Académie Julian. With some colleagues he founded the Salon des Tuileries. Prinet taught many pupils, first at his open studio in Montparnasse, and then at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, where he ran an atelier specifically for female students. He regularly spent his summers in Cabourg, a seaside resort in Normandy. Xavier Prinet is perhaps best-remembered today as a member in the 1890s of the movement known as La Bande Noire or the Nubians. He was the son of Henry Prinet, imperial prosecutor in Vitry-le-François, and the brother of diplomat Gaston Prinet. René Prinet was a painter of modernism, and knew how to create an elegant atmosphere. In Parisian society, his portraits and interior decorations were in demand. In 1900 he became a Knight of the Legion of Honor, and in 1927 was named an Officer. The work submitted could be a 1925 oil painting (90 x 106 cm) entitled Le bain, which is supported by the subtitle Le maître nageur (The lifeguard).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Art Competitions FRA René Xavier Prinet
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC