Eugène Loup (1867-1948) was a French painter of portraits, interiors and landscapes.

Biography

Eugène Loup was born in

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to Jean Louis Loup, a lithographer, and Virginie Albouy on 1 February 1867 and died on 10 September 1948 in Paris. After schooling in Rodez, in 1884 Loup enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-arts of Toulouse where he studied with

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. At 21, he moved to the studio of his cousin Maurice Bompard in Paris. He joined the

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and studied with

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and

Jules Joseph Lefebvre Jules Joseph Lefebvre (; 14 March 183624 February 1911) was a French painter, educator and theorist. Early life Lefebvre was born in Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, on 14 March 1836. He entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Ar ...

. From 1889, his figures in grisailles exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français were favorably noted. He also exhibited at the Salon des Champs-Élysées. For his pastels titled Rêverie he was awarded the National Prize for Travel Bursaries awarded by the Superior Council of Fine Arts in 1899. After a trip to Flanders, he spent a year in Italy. After his return he won a medal at

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, married and was elected in 1901 as a member of the Society of French Pastellists in Paris where was present in all their exhibitions from that year forward. He was given commissions from institutions and individuals, which allowed him to participate in the main international exhibitions. He was appointed in 1923 chevalier of the

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. After his death, some of his paintings were donated to Musée Denys-Puech by his widow. Many of his works appeared in several museums and public collections such as the

Musée d'Orsay The Musée d'Orsay ( , , ) () is a museum in Paris, France, on the Rive Gauche, Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. The museum holds mai ...

and the

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Works

* “The convalescent”, oil on canvas, dated 1905, Collection Musée Denys-Puech, Rodez * “The exhaustion”, oil on canvas, dated 1896, Rogalińska Gallery by Edward Aleksander Raczyński * “The Mystery and the Radiance” pastel, Musée d'Orsay, Paris * "Melancholy", pastel, 1901, Musée d'Orsay, Paris * “Portrait de Marguerite Fabié”, oil on canvas, Collection Musée Denys-Puech, Rodez. * “Melancholy”, oil on canvas, Collection Musée Denys-Puech, Rodez. * “Luxembourg Gardens, Diane”, pastel, Collection Musée Denys-Puech, Rodez. * “Reverie”, oil on canvas, dated 1899, Art Gallery of South Australia * “Portrait de Madame Laurent Valière”, pastel, Rodez, musée Denys-Puech * “Bather - Large nude”, pastel, Rodez, musée Denys-Puech * "Portrait of a young lady" dated 1898, pastel * “Portrait of young woman embroidering” pastel. * “Portrait of a young lady in a veil”, oil on canvas.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loup, Eugène 1867 births 1948 deaths French artists 19th-century French artists 20th-century French artists Painters from Paris French male painters People from Rodez People from Aveyron Section of Painting and Sculpture artists Recipients of the Legion of Honour 19th-century French male artists