Английская Википедия:Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Multiple issues Шаблон:Infobox artist Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois, also known as Gustave Courtois (Шаблон:IPA-fr; 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône – 23 November 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine)[1] was a French painter, a representative of the academic style of art.

Life

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Gustave Courtois in his studio (Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, 1880)
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Gustave Courtois, Madame Gautreau, 1891 (compare to John Singer Sargent's 1884 Portrait of Madame X)

Courtois was born 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône, France to an unwed mother who was devoted to him. Early in life, Courtois revealed an interest in art and entered the École municipale de dessin in Vesoul (Franche-Comté). His drawings were shown to Jean-Léon Gérôme, and in 1869, Gérôme encouraged Courtois to enter the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Through his life, Courtois was in close friendship with fellow student Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, together with whom he maintained a fashionable studio in Neuilly-sur-Seine from the 1880s.[2]

He taught painting at Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Académie Colarossi, Paris,[3] where Harriet Campbell Foss,[4] Шаблон:Ill,[5] Eva Bonnier, Emma Cheves Wilkins, and Dora Hitz were students.

Courtois exhibited at the Salon de Paris, receiving a third-place medal in 1878 and a second-place medal in 1880. He was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1889 and exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1911 to 1914.Шаблон:Citation needed

His paintings can be seen in the art galleries of Besançon, Marseille, Bordeaux, and Luxembourg.Шаблон:Citation needed He was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.Шаблон:Citation needed Among his students were Willard Dryden Paddock, Mary Rose Hill Burton, and Sara Page.Шаблон:Citation needed

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Young Florentin Playing with Cats

References

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Sources

  • Robert Fernier. Gustave Courtois: 1852-1923, 1943.
  • Gabriel P. Weisberg. Against the Modern: Dagnan-Bouveret and the Transformation of the Academic Tradition, 2002.

External links

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