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Paul-Louis Delance
French painter and educator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paul-Louis Delance (1848–1924)[1] 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.[2]
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Early life and education
Paul-Louis Gustave Delance was born on March 14, 1848, in Paris, France.[2] His grandfather was Comte Joseph van Roosebeck from Belgium.[2]
Delance studied art at École des Beaux-Arts with Jean-Léon Gérôme and Léon Bonnat.[3][4] Delance first participated in the Salon in 1865 and was active until 1874.[2][5] He joined the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War (from 1870 to 1871).[2]
Career
He taught at the Académie Delécluse, the Dominican school at Arcueil, and taught private lessons.[6][2] Students of his included Jean Mannheim,[6] John Noble Barlow, Robert Burns, Jenny Eakin Delony,[7] Anna Sahlstén, William Edwin Atkinson,[8] among others.
In 1886, he married one of his pupils, Julie Feurgard.[9] 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.[10][2]
Christ among the doctors
Saint Joachim
Coronation of the Virgin
Saint Anne
Pentecost
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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.[11]
His work is included in various museum collections including National Museum Wales,[12] Art Renewal Center,[13] Carnavalet Museum,[2] among others.
References
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