Ernest Ange Duez
Ernest Ange Duez (also known as Ernest-Ange Duez and Ernest Duez, 8 March 1843 – 5 April 1896) was a French painter of genre scenes, portraits, landscapes and religious subjects.
Although he was an admirer of
Biography
Duez was born on 8 March 1843 in Paris,[3] and studied painting under Isidore Pils.[1] He first exhibited at the Salon in 1868 with Mater Dolorosa,[4] and achieved success there in 1874 with a third-class medal for his paintings Splendeur and Misère.[1] He won other medals there subsequently.[5]
Genre scenes depicting modern life included Au restaurant Le Doyen (1878) and Café sur la Terrasse (1890).[4] Portraits included Mme Duez (1877) and Alphonse de Neuville (1880).[3]
Landscapes and seaside scenes were often inspired by the Normandy countryside around Villerville and Le Havre.[6] In 1879 at the Salon he exhibited the large triptych Saint Cuthbert,[1] depicting the stages of the life of Cuthbert set in landscapes based on the countryside around Villerville.[3] Considered his greatest work, it is now in the Musée d'Orsay.[1]
In 1883 Duez moved into a studio on boulevard Berthier, close to that of
Duez carried out a number of commissions for the adornment of public buildings in Paris. These included Novembre and Décembre in the
Duez died on 5 April 1896 from a
References
- ^ ISBN 1-58839-144-2.
- ^ Pickvance, Ronald. "Mother and Daughter on the Beach, Ernest-Ange Duez". Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ ISBN 1-884446-00-0.
- ^ Carnavalet Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ a b López-Manzanares, Juan. Á. "Ernest-Ange Duez". Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ISBN 2-8258-0014-7.
- ISBN 978-0-7546-5960-0.
External links
Media related to Ernest Ange Duez at Wikimedia Commons
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