Amélie Beaury-Saurel
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Amélie Beaury-Saurel was a French
painter
.
She was born in Barcelona
. A pupil of J. Lefebvre, T. Robert-Fleury and J.P. Laurens in Académie Julian
, she became a very popular portrait painter, thanks to Léon Bonnat
.
She married Rodolphe Julian in 1895 and took on charge a women's atelier. In her publications, Marie Bashkirtseff
(also a Julian pupil) talked distrustfully about "l'espagnole" (the Spanish woman)
She made her début in the Salon de Paris in 1874, where she was considered one of the most important artists of the Salon in 1880. She was awarded with a Third Medal in the Salon in 1885 and a Bronze Medal in 1889 World's Fair
.
Amélie Beaury-Saurel provided generously mot of her mother and sister's necessities. After Julian's death, she bought and laid out "Château Julian", in Lapalud
, a village in Provence
, in memory of her husband, who had been born there. She died in Paris
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
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She was born in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. A pupil of J. Lefebvre, T. Robert-Fleury and J.P. Laurens in Académie Julian
Académie Julian
The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France.Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas, as a private studio school for art students. The Académie Julian not only prepared students to the exams at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts, but offered...
, she became a very popular portrait painter, thanks to Léon Bonnat
Léon Bonnat
Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat was a French painter.He was born in Bayonne, but from 1846 to 1853 he lived in Madrid, where his father owned a bookshop. While tending his father's shop, he copied engravings of works by the Old Masters, developing a passion for drawing...
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She married Rodolphe Julian in 1895 and took on charge a women's atelier. In her publications, Marie Bashkirtseff
Marie Bashkirtseff
Marie Bashkirtseff was a Ukrainian-born diarist, painter and sculptor....
(also a Julian pupil) talked distrustfully about "l'espagnole" (the Spanish woman)
She made her début in the Salon de Paris in 1874, where she was considered one of the most important artists of the Salon in 1880. She was awarded with a Third Medal in the Salon in 1885 and a Bronze Medal in 1889 World's Fair
World's Fair
World's fair, World fair, Universal Exposition, and World Expo are various large public exhibitions held in different parts of the world. The first Expo was held in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, in 1851, under the title "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All...
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Amélie Beaury-Saurel provided generously mot of her mother and sister's necessities. After Julian's death, she bought and laid out "Château Julian", in Lapalud
Lapalud
Lapalud is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...
, a village in Provence
Provence
Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
, in memory of her husband, who had been born there. She died in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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List of works
"Christ en croix" de l'Église Saint-Etienne, à Issy-les-moulineaux en 1873 "Portrait d'une femme noire" en 1884. "Le travail de M. Frey, Maître d'armes" prix d'honneur à l'exposition Blanc et Noir de 1891. "Portrait de Séverine" en 1893. "Le repos du modèle" (Musée d'Amiens) "Portrait de Mme G. C..." (exposé au Salon des Artistes Français de 1913). "Jean-Paul Laurens (1838-1921) peintre" en 1919. "Portrait de Gilbert Dupuis" en 1922. "Portrait de Léonce Bénédite (1859-1925) conservateur du musée du Luxembourg" en 1923.(Musée d'Orsay Musée d'Orsay The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, an impressive Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture,... ) "portrait d'Alexis Ballot-Beaupré (1836-1917)", Premier président de la chambre de Cassation de 1900 à 1911. |