Louise Danse | |
Native Name: | Marie-Louise Danse |
Birth Date: | 2 April 1867 |
Birth Place: | Saint-Gilles, Belgium |
Death Place: | Saint-Gilles |
Known For: | Painting, etching |
Spouse: | Robert Sand |
Louise Danse (1867 – 1948) was a Belgian painter.
She was the daughter of the engraver Auguste Danse who was her first teacher. Her sister Marie Danse was also a painter. Her mother was the sister of the painter Constantin Meunier. Louise was a painter but is better known for her etchings, which were published by her husband, the publisher Robert Sand (1876-1936).
Her etching Portrait of Mlle. Dethier, was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[1]
She became a founding member of the Brussels graphic artist collective L’Estampe in 1906, along with her sister Marie and her husband, who became the group's secretary.