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Maximilien Luce Art

French, 1858-1941

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)
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Artist: Maximilien Luce
Soleil Couchant - Honfleur - Impressionist Seascape Oil by Maximillien Luce
Soleil Couchant - Honfleur - Impressionist Seascape Oil by Maximillien Luce

Soleil Couchant - Honfleur - Impressionist Seascape Oil by Maximillien Luce

By Maximilien Luce

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed and dated seascape oil on paper laid on canvas by French impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The piece depicts a view of the sea at Honfleur, a commune in the Calvados depa...

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1920s Impressionist Maximilien Luce Art

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Portrait de Madame Luce - Post Impressionist Portrait Oil by Maximilien Luce
Portrait de Madame Luce - Post Impressionist Portrait Oil by Maximilien Luce

Portrait de Madame Luce - Post Impressionist Portrait Oil by Maximilien Luce

By Maximilien Luce

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed and dated oil on canvas portrait by post impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The painting is of the artist's wife, Ambroisine "Simone" Bouin, seated in a chair with a vase ...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Maximilien Luce Art

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Paysage a Moulineux - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maximillien Luce
Paysage a Moulineux - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maximillien Luce

Paysage a Moulineux - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maximillien Luce

By Maximilien Luce

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed oil on board landscape by French impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The work depicts a view of rolling French countryside on a summer's day with white clouds contrasting t...

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1890s Impressionist Maximilien Luce Art

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Jardin a Gisors - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Maximillien Luce
Jardin a Gisors - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Maximillien Luce

Jardin a Gisors - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Maximillien Luce

By Maximilien Luce

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Signed and dated figures in landscape oil on canvas by French impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The piece depicts two women in a garden in Gisors - a commune in the French depar...

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Maximilien Luce (French, 1858-1941) Femme Lavant le Linge
Maximilien Luce (French, 1858-1941) Femme Lavant le Linge

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1890s Expressionist Maximilien Luce Art

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Sa Majesté la Famine - Original Lithograph by Maximilien Luce - 1898
Sa Majesté la Famine - Original Lithograph by Maximilien Luce - 1898

Sa Majesté la Famine - Original Lithograph by Maximilien Luce - 1898

By Maximilien Luce

Located in Roma, IT

Sa Majesté la famine is a beautiful black and white lithograph realized in 1898 by the French artist, Maximilien Luce. Signed and dated on plate on lower right margin "Luce 1898". T...

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1890s Post-Impressionist Maximilien Luce Art

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"Rolleboise le Remorqueur" 20th century French Post Impressionist oil on canvas
"Rolleboise le Remorqueur" 20th century French Post Impressionist oil on canvas

"Rolleboise le Remorqueur" 20th century French Post Impressionist oil on canvas

By Maximilien Luce

Located in New York, NY

Oil on canvas 14 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches (37.5 x 54.6 cm.) Framed: 20 x 26 inches (50.8 x 66 cm) Signed: Luce Provenance: Private West Coast collection Literature: This painting will b...

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Maximilien Luce La Cueilleuse de Fruits

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Maximilien Luce (French, 1858-1941) La Cueilleuse de Fruits oil on newsprint laid down to board signed Luce (lower right) Sight: 13 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (34.3 x 16.5cm) Frame: 17.5 x 10 I...

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1880s Expressionist Maximilien Luce Art

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Maximilien Luce Original Drawing “Un Magisin Dans Le Marais”
Maximilien Luce Original Drawing “Un Magisin Dans Le Marais”

Maximilien Luce Original Drawing “Un Magisin Dans Le Marais”

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Located in Dallas, TX

Maximilien Luce (French, 1858-1941) Pencil and charcoal drawing of a shop with goods along the coast line of northern France. A cat can be seen looking at a man far off at the entran...

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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Maximilien Luce Art

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Work on paper by Maximilien Luce titled Ouvrier au Travail
Work on paper by Maximilien Luce titled Ouvrier au Travail

Work on paper by Maximilien Luce titled Ouvrier au Travail

By Maximilien Luce

Located in London, GB

Ouvrier au Travail by MAXIMILIEN LUCE (1858 - 1941) Black pencil on paper 29 x 17 cm (11 ³/₈ x 6 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Luce Maximilien Luce was born in Paris in 1858. In 1...

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20th Century Maximilien Luce Art

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Large Maximilien Luce Farm Scene Mixed Media Drawing
Large Maximilien Luce Farm Scene Mixed Media Drawing

Large Maximilien Luce Farm Scene Mixed Media Drawing

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Maximilien Luce (Fr. 1858 - 1941) Farm Scene Painting Maximilien Luce incorporates ink, crayon, and watercolor to create a large impressionistic and multifaceted social statement of...

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20th century lithograph realism figurative female print female subject signed
20th century lithograph realism figurative female print female subject signed

20th century lithograph realism figurative female print female subject signed

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"Woman Manicuring Her Nails" is an original lithograph by Maximilien Luce. The artist signed the piece lower right and it is numbered (#7). It features a woman seated in an interior taking care of her nails. 8 1/4" x 5 3/4" image 14 1/8" x 10 3/4" paper 19 1/4" x 16 1/2" frame Maximilien Luce (1858 – 1941) was a prolific French Neo-impressionist artist, known for his paintings, illustrations, engravings, and graphic art, and also for his anarchist activism. Starting as an engraver, he then concentrated on painting, first as an Impressionist, then as a Pointillist, and finally returning to Impressionism. Gausson and Cavallo-Péduzzi introduced Luce in about 1884 to the Divisionist technique developed by Georges Seurat. This influenced Luce to begin painting in the Pointillist style. In contrast to Seurat's detached manner, Luce's paintings were passionate portrayals of contemporary subjects, depicting the "violent effects of light". In addition to Pissarro and Signac, he met many of the other Neo-impressionists, including Seurat, Henri-Edmond Cross, Charles Angrand, Armand Guillaumin, Hippolyte Petitjean, Albert Dubois...

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