Louis Welden Hawkins
Louis Welden Hawkins (born July 1, 1849 in Stuttgart or Esslingen , † May 1, 1910 in Paris ) was a French painter of symbolism of British-Austrian origin.
Life
The son of a British naval officer and Louise Sopransi, Baroness von Welden, an Austrian and daughter of a field marshal, was supposed to embark on a military career. In 1873 he broke with his family, went to Paris and attended the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1881 he was allowed to exhibit for the first time in the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français . He initially chose the stylistic path of symbolism, in his later years he worked more as a landscape painter, mainly in Brittany and lived in poor conditions. He was represented in the salon of the Société nationale des beaux-arts from 1894 to 1911.
He was friends with writers such as Jean Lorrain , Paul Adam , Laurent Tailhade , Robert de Montesquiou and Stéphane Mallarmé , but also with trade unionists and socialist politicians.
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| SURNAME | Hawkins, Louis Welden |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart or Esslingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1910 |
| Place of death | Paris |