19th century French artists' letters and other papers, 1719-1921.

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19th century French artists' letters and other papers, 1719-1921.

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This composite collection comprises 85 items with identified authors, and 10 unidentified. It consists mainly of letters, notes, and cards written by 30 identified French artists, and 10 of other nationalities, on various subjects related to their professional and private lives. Among the most significant are 16 letters by Edouard Detaille, revealing details of his private and public activities; some of Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier's letters reflecting his continued fight against his detractors; the comments of Louis Emile Dardoize to his biographer; a letter written by Louis Etienne Waltelet while he was sketching the Echelles de Savoye; and 3 letters of David d'Angers revealing details of his professional life. The correspondence of artists of other nationalities includes the following: Mathilde Ade sends samples of bookplates, with a note on which her photograph is printed; Sigmund Lipinski wants to send bookplate samples, but sends the prices first. Otto Heyden describes his trip across Italy. Paul Tetar van Elven is in Italy, hoping to obtain an important commission. An unidentified Spanish painter describes the artistic life in Madrid and the frustrating behavior of the exhibition juries. The other 9 items in this unidentified group are about various personal matters.

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Cazin, Jean-Charles, 1841-1901

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The French painter Jean-Charles Cazin was a professor, then the director of the Ecole des beaux-arts in Tours. In 1889 he was nominated officer of the Légion d'honneur. He received a gold medal in 1889, then the Grand Prix in 1900 at the Paris Expositions universelles. From the description of Letters to Edouard Detaille, 1881-1900. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79260726 ...

Gérome, Jean Léon (1824-1904).

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Jean Léon Gérôme was a French painter, sculptor, and engraver. From the description of Jean Léon Gérôme letter, Paris, to mon cher ami, 1903 November 22. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40758127 French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Paris], to M. Braquemont [sic], [n.d., ca. 1861]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269574103 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to "M...

Calmettes, Fernand, 1846-1914

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Detaille, Édouard, 1848-1912

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French artist. From the description of Letters, 1869-1912. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83862105 ...

Desnoyers, Auguste, 1779-1857

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Cabanel, Alexandre, 1823-1889

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Marold, Ludek, 1865-1898

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Granet, François-Marius, 1775-1849

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Berthelon, Eugène, 1829-1914.

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Monnier, Henry, 1799-1877

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French designer, engraver and lithographer, who satirized Parisian life and society. He travelled to London, and some of his series of lithographs satirize London world. From the description of Letters and engravings, ca. 1850-1877. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83127593 ...

Legrain, Eugène, ca. 1837-1915.

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Dardoize, Emile, 1826-1901.

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Lory, Matthias Gabriel, 1784-1846

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Duval-Lecamus, Pierre, 1790-1856.

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Clairin, Georges, 1843-1919

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French artist. From the description of Letters : Paris, to Henry Cazalis and others, ca. 1918. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78061806 ...

Gravillon, Arthur Antoine Alphonse de 1828-1899

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Clésinger, Jean-Baptiste, 1814-1883

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French artist. From the description of Letter, 1849. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 122288084 ...

Harpignies, Henri, 1819-1916

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French artist. From the description of Correspondence, 1838-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81666523 Harpignies was a French painter; R. Horace Gallatin was evidently an art collector. From the description of Henri Joseph Harpignies letter to R. Horace Gallatin, 1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454361 ...

Lipinsky, Sigmund, 1873-1940

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Percier, Charles, 1764-1838

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Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine were French engravers, draftsmen, and painters who specialized in architectural subjects. They were frequent collaborators. From the description of Design album [photographs], ca.1798-1804. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122649308 French architect. From the description of Choix des plus celebres maisons de plaisance de Rome & de ses environs, 1809. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id...

Guérin, Paulin-Jean-Baptiste (1783-1855).

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Rochet, Louis, 1813-1878

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Dubray, Vital Gabriel, 1813-1892

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Miciol, Pierre 1833-1905

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Gudin, baron, 1802-1880

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Colin, Paul Alfred, 1838-1916.

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Hymans, Henri, 1836-1912

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Ade, Mathilde, 1877-1930

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David d'Angers, Pierre-Jean, 1788-1856

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French sculptor. His involvment in the 1848 Revolution led to his arrest after the coup d'état in 1851. Condemned to exile, he travelled all over Europe, returning to France only shortly before his death. From the description of Correspondence and related papers, 1826-1859. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84155149 French sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to a colleague, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705...

David, Jules, 1808-1892

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Heyden, Otto Johann Heinrich, 1820-1897.

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Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest, 1815-1891

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Painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270638345 French painter. From the description of Legal deposition, ca. 1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80569054 From the description of Letters and other papers, 1860-1890, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79088942 ...