Jean-Émile Buland
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Jean-Émile Buland (25 October 1857, Paris – 15 February 1938, Paris) was a French painter, engraver, lithographer and illustrator.
Life and work
[edit]He was born to Jean-Marie Buland (1825-1895), an engraver, and his wife from Luxembourg, Suzanne, née Wagener. [1] His older brother, Jean-Eugène, was a painter.
In 1875, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied with the painter, Alexandre Cabanel, and the engraver, Louis-Pierre Henriquel-Dupont. In 1880, he won the Prix de Rome for engraving, and spent the years 1881 to 1884 studying at the villa Medici.[2] In 1886, he married Louise Godefroy. They had one daughter.
He was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900, and a first-class medal at the Salon of 1901. Two years later, he was named a Knight in the Legion of Honor.[3]
In 1925, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, where he took Seat #2 for engraving, succeeding Charles Albert Waltner (deceased).[4] At the time of his death, he was Director of the Fondation Taylor, an artists' association
Most of his engravings are after 17th and 18th-century artists, but he also reproduced works by his contemporaries, such as Antoine Calbet and Georges Picard.
References
[edit]- ^ "5Mi1577 - 1890 1905 Archives départementales de l'Aisne". Archives départementales de l'Aisne.
- ^ Bulletin de la Ville de Paris, #25, 26 July 1880.
- ^ Documentation @ the Base Léonore
- ^ René Édouard-Joseph, Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, tome 1, A-E, Art & Édition, 1930, pg.217.
Further reading
[edit]- André Dauchez, Notice sur la vie et les œuvres d'Émile Buland, lue dans la séance de l'Institut de France le 17 février 1940, Paris, Institut de France, 1940.
- Armand Boutillier du Retail, Alphonse Defrasse, Philippe Mercier, "Documentation sur Jean-Émile Buland", In: L'Illustration, Paris, Larousse mensuel, 1938.
External links
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- Biographical data and references from the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques @ La France Savante
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