Gustave Courtois in his studio (Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, 1880)

Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois, also known as Gustave Courtois (French: [kuʁtwa]; 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône – 23 November 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine)[1] was a French painter, a representative of the academic style of art.

Life

Gustave Courtois, Madame Gautreau, 1891 (compare to John Singer Sargent's 1884 Portrait of Madame X)

Courtois was born 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône, France to an unwed mother who was devoted to him. Early in life, Courtois revealed an interest in art and entered the École municipale de dessin in Vesoul (Franche-Comté). His drawings were shown to Jean-Léon Gérôme, and in 1869, Gérôme encouraged Courtois to enter the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Through his life, Courtois was in close friendship with fellow student Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, together with whom he maintained a fashionable studio in Neuilly-sur-Seine from the 1880s.[2]

He taught painting at Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Académie Colarossi, Paris,[3] where Harriet Campbell Foss,[4] Georges d'Espagnat,[5] Eva Bonnier, Emma Cheves Wilkins, and Dora Hitz were students.

Courtois exhibited at the Salon de Paris, receiving a third-place medal in 1878 and a second-place medal in 1880. He was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1889 and exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1911 to 1914.

His paintings can be seen in the art galleries of Besançon, Marseille, Bordeaux, and Luxembourg. He was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Among his students were Willard Dryden Paddock, Mary Rose Hill Burton, and Sara Page.

Young Florentin Playing with Cats

References

  1. ↑ [http://consultation.archives.hauts-de-seine.net/mdr/index.php/docnumViewer/calculHierarchieDocNum/705218/367506:396213:412162:412165:705218/864/1536 Archives des Hauts de Seine, commune de Neuilly-sur-Seine, acte de décès #610.
  2. ↑ "Underpaintings: January 2009". Underpaintings.blogspot.com. 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  3. ↑ T. F. Simon. "Académie Colarossi in Paris". Tfsimon.com. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  4. ↑ Eleanor Tufts; National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.); International Exhibitions Foundation (1987). American women artists, 1830–1930. International Exhibitions Foundation for the National Museum of Women in the Arts. ISBN 978-0-940979-01-7.
  5. ↑ Catherine Renoir. "Georges d'Espagnat-Renoir Fine Art". Renoirinc.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-08-23.

Sources

  • Robert Fernier. Gustave Courtois: 1852-1923, 1943.
  • Gabriel P. Weisberg. Against the Modern: Dagnan-Bouveret and the Transformation of the Academic Tradition, 2002.
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