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French painter and educator
Paul-Louis Delance
BornPaul-Louis Gustave Delance
(1848-03-14)March 14, 1848
Paris, France
DiedOctober 16, 1924(1924-10-16) (aged 76)
Paris, France
Other namesPaul Delance
EducationÉcole des Beaux-Arts
SpouseJulie Feurgard
Children1
Awards Legion of Honour - Knight (17 July 1908)
La tour Eiffel vue de la Seine (1889), oil painting by Delance

Paul-Louis Delance (1848–1924) was a French painter and educator. He is known for his allegorical and genre scene paintings early in his career, and his religious, and landscape paintings later in his career.

Early life and education

Paul-Louis Gustave Delance was born on March 14, 1848, in Paris, France. His grandfather was Comte Joseph van Roosebeck from Belgium.

Delance studied art at École des Beaux-Arts with Jean-Léon Gérôme and Léon Bonnat. Delance first participated in the Salon in 1865 and was active until 1874. He joined the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War (from 1870 to 1871).

Career

He taught at the Académie Delécluse, the Dominican school at Arcueil, and taught private lessons. Students of his included Jean Mannheim, John Noble Barlow, Robert Burns, Jenny Eakin Delony, Anna Sahlstén, William Edwin Atkinson, among others.

In 1886, he married one of his pupils, Julie Feurgard. Together they had a daughter, Alice Delance (1888–1973). Julie Feurgard died in 1892, as a result of her death, Delance's paintings became focused on landscape, portrait and religious subjects.

In 17 July 1908, Delance was awarded the Knight of France's Legion of Honour.

Death and legacy

He died on October 16, 1924, in his home at 7 Bausset Street in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Delance is buried at Passy Cemetery.

His work is included in various museum collections including National Museum Wales, Art Renewal Center, Carnavalet Museum, among others.

References

  1. Amiot-Saulnier, Emmanuelle (2007). La peinture religieuse en France,1873-1879: Prix du Musée d'Orsay 2006 (in French). Musée d'Orsay. p. 251. ISBN 978-2-7118-5273-4.
  2. ^ "Delance, Paul Louis". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00048423. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  3. Bénézit, Emmanuel (1924). Dictionnaire Critique Et Documentaire Des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs & Graveurs de Tous Les Temps Et de Tous Les Pays: D-K (in French). R. Roger et F. Chernoviz. p. 58.
  4. Champlin, John Denison; Perkins, Charles Callahan (1913). Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. C. Scribner's sons. p. 389.
  5. l'Annonciade, Musée de; Mousseigne, Alain (1977). Le Drapeau: 1792-1977 : [exposition] Saint-Tropez, Musée de l'Annonciade, juillet-septembre 1977 : [catalogue (in French). Le Musée. p. 24.
  6. ^ Hughes, Edan Milton (1986). Artists in California, 1786-1940. Hughes Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0961611200.
  7. Petteys, Chris, Dictionary of Women Artists, G K Hill & Co. publishers, 1985
  8. Prakash, A. K. (2015). Impressionism in Canada: A Journey of Rediscovery. Arnoldsche Art Publishers. pp. 666–667. ISBN 978-3-89790-455-2.
  9. "Julie Delance-Feurgard, French, 1859–1892". The Clark Art Institute. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  10. "Abbadie, Antoine Thomson". National Archives - Léonore Database (in French). France. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  11. "Visionneuse". Paris Archives. October 20, 1924. p. 14/31. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  12. "Art Collections Online, DELANCE, Paul". National Museum Wales. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  13. "Paul-Louis Delance". Art Renewal Center. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
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