Pierre Louis Rodolphe Julian (13 June 1839 – 2 February 1907) born in

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southeastern France was a French painter,

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and professor, founder and director of the in Paris. The writer

André Corthis André Corthis, ''née'' Andrée Magdeleine Husson (15 April 1882 – 8 August 1952) was a 20th-century French writer. She received the prix Femina in 1906. Andrée Husson is the niece of painter Rodolphe Julian. Biography Andrée Husson sp ...

(1882–1952), winner of the 1906 edition of the

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was his niece.

Biography

Julian worked as an employee in a bookstore in

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. He was interested in sports, particularly wrestling. Julian went to Paris, where he became a student of Léon Cogniet and

Alexandre Cabanel Alexandre Cabanel (; 28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French Painting, painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the Academic art, academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. He was Napoleon ...

, professor at the École des Beaux-Arts, without being enrolled there. In 1863 he exhibited for the first time in the salons. He married the painter Amélie Beaury-Saurel in 1895. The challenges that he faced when in Paris led him to found in 1868, a private art academy, the who also offered training to foreign artists and women who had little access to the official academy. The purpose was to prepare students for entry to the . Julian was described by the Anglo-Irish novelist and critic George Moore as "a kind of Hercules, dark-haired, strong, with broad shoulders, short legs, a soft voice and all the charm of the Midi". File:Julian Ompdrailles -2.png, Ompdrailles - Le Tombeau des lutteurs - Rodolphe Julian File:Julian Madone.png, Madone - Rodolphe Julian File:Julian Ompdrailles.png, Ompdrailles - Le tombeau des lutteurs- Rodolphe Julian

Collections

* San Francisco

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Award

For his services to the arts, Rodolphe Julian

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en 1881.

Bibliography

* Léon Cladel; Jean-Pierre Deloux; Rodolphe Julian: "Ompdrailles : le tombeau-des-lutteurs", () celebrating fighting tournaments practiced in Lapalud (Vaucluse), Julian's birthplace * Martine Hérold: L'Académie Julian à cents ans. 1968 (in French). * Catherine Fehrer; New Light on the Académie Julian and its founder (Rodolphe Julian). In: La Gazette des Beaux-Arts 6. Pér. 103, 1984 Worldcat
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Students

* Blanche Ostertag, an American decorative artist *

Marie Bashkirtseff Marie Bashkirtseff, born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva (; – 31 October 1884), was an émigré artist who was born into a noble family on their estate near the city of Poltava. She lived and worked in Paris, and died at the age of 25. L ...

, painter

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