Constant Dutilleux Explained

Constant Dutilleux
Birth Name:	Henri-Joseph-Constant Dutilleux
Birth Date:	5 October 1807
Birth Place:	Douai, France
Death Date:	21 October 1865
Death Place:	Paris, France
Field:	Painting, illustrating, engraving

Constant Dutilleux (5 October 1807 - 21 October 1865) was a 19th-century French painter, illustrator and engraver. He was the great-grandfather of the composer Henri Dutilleux.^[1]

Dutilleux preferred landscape paintings. He was mainly influenced by Eugène Delacroix and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.

Works on public display

In 2006, his works toured France as part of an exhibition on Constant Dutilleux, and Eugène Delacroix.^[2]

• • Hêtraie dans la forêt de Fontainebleau, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Le peintre Désiré Dubois peignant en plein air, (oil on canvas) Musée des beaux-arts d'Arras

Further reading

• Book: Marie Paule Botte . Constant Dutilleux, 1807-1865 : peintures, dessins: Musée d'Arras, Musée de Douai, 13 décembre 1992-15 mars 1993 . Edition Muse & Art . French.
• Book: Constant Dutilleux 1807-1865 : commémoration du centenaire de la mort de l'artiste : août–novembre 1965 . Musée des beaux-arts (Arras) . le Musée (Impr. centrale de l'Artois) . Arras . 1965 . French.
• Book: Claude Richebé . Constant Dutilleux, 1807-1865 - D'Arras à Barbizon . Somogy (Editions D'art . Paris . 2003 . 2-85056-622-5 . French.

Notes and References

1. Book: Potter . Caroline . Henri Dutilleux: His Life and Works . 1997 . Ashgate . Aldershot Brookfield (Vt.) . 1859283306 . 1.
2. Web site: Une affaire de famille . www.evene.fr . January 23, 2012.