Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Maximilien Luce was born in Paris in 1858. In 1876 he apprenticed in the shop of the engraver Eugène Froment (1844–1900), a qualified craftsman and graduate of the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. There, Luce worked on numerous illustrations for French newspapers and foreign periodicals.
In 1877, Luce left Paris and went to London. When he returned to France in 1879 he was called for military service. It was during his military service that Luce met Charles Emile Carolus-Duran (1837–1917), the famous French painter and sculptor who was an instructor to countless artists. Luce entered Carolus-Duran’s studio, a move that not only provided him with meticulous training as a draftsman but also introduced him to the leading painters of the time. Luce met Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), with whom he became very good friends and who gave Luce much artistic advice. Along with Pissarro, Georges Seurat (1859–1891) and Paul Signac (1863–1935), Luce was one of the founders of the Neo-Impressionist School (i.e., the Pointillists).
Luce joined the Société des Indépendants in 1887 and consistently participated in the avant-garde group’s exhibitions. Though landscapes made up most of his oeuvre, Luce executed some marvelous paintings of people in the Pointillist style, and this social realist aspect differentiated him from many of his fellow Neo-Impressionists. For a period of time, Luce was a strict Pointillist. After 1920, however, Luce started to paint in a freer manner. He accepted the position of President of the Société des Artistes Indépendants in 1935, a role from which he would eventually resign as a statement against the society’s growing posture towards restricting Jewish artists from exhibiting.
Luce made a significant contribution to exporting Neo-Impressionism and maintained strong ties with the Belgian Pointillist Théo van Rysselberghe (1862–1926). An indefatigable artist, he left a sizable amount of work in various mediums and remains a very important figure in French Post-Impressionist art. Maximilien Luce died in 1941.
(Biography provided by Stern Pissarro Gallery)Late 19th Century Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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1890s Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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20th Century Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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2010s Symbolist Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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20th Century Art Nouveau Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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1930s Art Nouveau Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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16th Century Renaissance Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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20th Century Art Nouveau Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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1990s Contemporary Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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2010s Contemporary Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paula CraioveanuBLESSED original blue ultramarine nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired by Matisse, 2024
1890s Art Nouveau Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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2010s Contemporary Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Eliza SouthwoodCoffee Break (CB02_nov23), Coffee on paper, Cycling, Sports, Café, Illustration, 2023
1940s Impressionist Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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19th Century Old Masters Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Maximilien Luce Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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