Alphonse Quizet was born on March 13th,1885 in Paris. He regularly exhibited his work in the Salons of the National of Fine Arts, in the Salons of the Independent Painters, and in the Salon of Automn.
He is one of those painters attached to depict the sentimental pictures that can be found in the early twentieth century country style outskirts of Paris. The titles of his paintings reflect this tendency: Le Moulin de la Galette, Montmartre. He is all devoted to Montmartre. There he painted: La Basilique and La Rue Saint Andre del Sarte. There he met Maurice Utrillo, and became his master.
Utrillo enjoyed Quizet style so much that he started to paint the same subjects, using the same colors and techniques. Their work is very similar, and it happened that one sees Quizet, and says: “What a beautiful Utrillo”. Quizet was also linked with Marcel Leprin, another Montmarte painter and to Louis Valtat, the famous Fauve painter.
In 1943 he painted five large decorative panels for the wedding room of the town hall of Pre Saint Gervais. He was awarded the medal of Chevalier de la Legion d’ Honneur. Source: AskArt