Lucien Joseph Simon (1861 – 1945) was a French painter and teacher born in Paris.

Early life and education

Simon was born in

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. After graduating from the

Lycée Louis-le-Grand The Lycée Louis-le-Grand (), also referred to simply as Louis-le-Grand or by its acronym LLG, is a public Lycée (French secondary school, also known as sixth form college) located on Rue Saint-Jacques (Paris), rue Saint-Jacques in central Par ...

, he studied painting at the studio of Jules Didier, then from 1880 to 1883 at l’

Académie Julian The () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907). The school was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number and qual ...

Career

He exhibited at the

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from 1891, and at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In 1891, he married the painter Jeanne Dauchez, the sister of

André Dauchez André Eugène Dauchez (17 May 1870 – 15 May 1948), born in Paris, was a French painter, watercolourist, pastellist, engraver, draughtsman and illustrator known for landscapes, waterscapes and seascapes. Biography Born in a family of l ...

(1870–1948), and became infatuated with the scenery and peasant life of her native

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. In 1895, he met

Charles Cottet Charles Cottet (; 12 July 1863 – 20 September 1925) was a French painter, born at Le Puy-en-Velay and died in Paris. A famed Post-Impressionist, Cottet is known for his dark, evocative painting of rural Brittany and seascapes. He led a sch ...

and became a member of his Bande noire or "Nubians", along with Dauchez,

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and

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, employing the principles of

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but in darker tones. He was one of the founding teachers at Martha Stettler and

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in 1902. He also taught at the

Académie Colarossi The Académie Colarossi (1870–1930) was an art school in Paris founded in 1870 by the Italian model and sculptor Filippo Colarossi. It was originally located on the Île de la Cité, and it moved in 1879 to 10 rue de la Grande-Chaumière in the ...

around the same time, as well as taking private students. He taught at

École Nationale des Beaux-Arts École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * Éco ...

from 1923 and elected to its

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in 1929, a position he held for 13 years. In 1937 he won First Prize at "l’Exposition universelle de Paris" for his work on the

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pavilion. (1892–1979), the son of Lucien and Jeanne (who was also a painter), was a noted animal sculptor. A portrait of Lucien Simon, painted by Charles Cottet in 1907, hangs in 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 ...

. He died in 1945 in Combrit. In 2002 there was an exhibition at the Galerie Philippe Heim in Paris devoted to the work of Paul, Lucien and Jeanne Simon.

Selected paintings

Lucien Simon, 1901 - Fin de repas à Kergaït.jpg, ''Fin de repas à Kergaït'' (1901) Lucien Simon, 1904 - Soirée à l'Atelier.jpg, ''Soirée à l'Atelier'' (1904) Lucien Simon, 1908 - Autoportrait.jpg, A self-portrait of 1908 Lucien Simon, 1924c - Le Ramassage du goémon.jpg, ''Le Ramassage du goémon'' (1924) File:'A Gust of Wind' by Lucien Simon, Pushkin Museum.JPG, ''A Gust of Wind'' in the Pushkin Museum File:Lucien Simon - Procession au pardon de Sainte-Anne-la-Palud.jpg, ''Procession au pardon de Sainte-Anne-la-Palud''

Notable students

* Frank Armington * * Manuel Azadigian *

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* A.M. Cassandre * Grace Evelyn Chapman * William H. Clapp *

* Bessie Davidson * Lucille Douglass *

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* Agnes Noyes Goodsir *

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* *

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* Yvonne Housser *Robert Humblot (1907-1962) *Henri Jannot (1909-2004) *Friederike Koch-Langentreu (1866-1941) * Lul Krag * Bernard Lamotte *

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* Florence Helena McGillivray *

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* Børge Christoffer Nyrop (1881-1948) *

Pan Yuliang Pan Yuliang (, 14 June 1895 – 22 July 1977), born as Chen Xiuqing, also known as Zhang Yuliang (張玉良), is remembered as the first woman in China to paint in the Western style. She studied in Shanghai and Paris, and taught at the Beaux-Arts ...

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* Elenore Plaisted Abbott *

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*Steffi Reiner-Gartenberg (1885-1969) *

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* *Manuel Ros (1882-1961) *

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* * Boris Smirnoff * Martha Stettler * Dorothy Stevens * Helena Sturtevant (1872-1946) * Mary Swanzy * Sydney Thompson *

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*John Weygandt (1869-1951)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, Lucien 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists 1861 births 1945 deaths Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Academic staff of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière Honorary members of the Royal Academy 19th-century French male artists