Paul-Louis Delance Explained

Paul-Louis Delance
Other Names:Paul Delance
Birth Name:Paul-Louis Gustave Delance
Birth Date:14 March 1848
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Education:École des Beaux-Arts
Spouse:Julie Feurgard
Children:1
Awards: Legion of Honour - Knight (17 July 1908)

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.

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.

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.[5] He joined the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War (from 1870 to 1871).

Career

He taught at the Académie Delécluse, the Dominican school at Arcueil, and taught private lessons.[6] Students of his included Jean Mannheim, 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]

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, among others.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Amiot-Saulnier, Emmanuelle. La peinture religieuse en France,1873-1879: Prix du Musée d'Orsay 2006. 2007. Musée d'Orsay. 978-2-7118-5273-4. 251. fr.
  2. Web site: Delance, Paul Louis. limited. 2020-11-24. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. en. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00048423. 978-0-19-977378-7 .
  3. Book: Bénézit, Emmanuel. Dictionnaire Critique Et Documentaire Des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs & Graveurs de Tous Les Temps Et de Tous Les Pays: D-K. 58. 1924. R. Roger et F. Chernoviz. fr.
  4. Book: Champlin. John Denison. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. Perkins. Charles Callahan. C. Scribner's sons. 1913. 389. en.
  5. Book: l'Annonciade. Musée de. Le Drapeau: 1792-1977 : [exposition] Saint-Tropez, Musée de l'Annonciade, juillet-septembre 1977 : [catalogue|last2=Mousseigne|first2=Alain|date=1977|publisher=Le Musée|pages=24|language=fr].
  6. Book: Hughes, Edan Milton. Artists in California, 1786-1940. Hughes Publishing Company. 1986. 978-0961611200.
  7. Petteys, Chris, Dictionary of Women Artists, G K Hill & Co. publishers, 1985
  8. Book: Prakash, A. K.. Impressionism in Canada: A Journey of Rediscovery. 2015. Arnoldsche Art Publishers. 978-3-89790-455-2. 666–667. en.
  9. Web site: Julie Delance-Feurgard, French, 1859–1892. 2020-11-24. The Clark Art Institute.
  10. Web site: Abbadie, Antoine Thomson. National Archives - Léonore Database. France. fr. 30 July 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210730061219if_/https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/106447. 30 July 2021.
  11. Web site: October 20, 1924. Visionneuse. 2020-11-24. Paris Archives. 14/31.
  12. Web site: Art Collections Online, DELANCE, Paul. 2020-11-24. National Museum Wales. en.
  13. Web site: Paul-Louis Delance. 2020-11-24. Art Renewal Center. en.

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