Edouard Dubufe
Édouard Dubufe (born April 2, 1819 in Paris , † August 10, 1883 in Versailles ) was a French painter .
Dubufe received his first artistic lessons from his father, the painter Claude Marie Dubufe ; later he became a student of Paul Delaroche . At the age of 19 Dubufe made his debut with two works at an exhibition.
Between 1840 and 1845 Dubufe dealt exclusively with religious subjects, but with which he could achieve neither artistic nor financial success. That is why he switched to portrait painting , in which he became very successful. Only in the period from the February Revolution of 1848 to the establishment of the Second Empire was he condemned to idleness by the political realities.
With his portrait of the Empress Eugénie , he won the court society as a client. But Dubufe was also able to present colleagues like Rosa Bonheur and her brother Auguste , whose acquaintance he made on the occasion of the exhibition in the Paris Salon in 1848, in their own characteristic.
In 1857 Dubufe got at the request of Emperor Napoléon III. commissioned to depict all participants in the Paris Congress in a monumental painting. Dubufe took part in the exhibition of the Paris Salon of 1866 with the large religious painting The Prodigal Son . In terms of style and execution, Dubufe borrowed a lot from Paolo Veronese and probably fell through with the official art criticism as well as with the public.
From then on, Dubufes artistic work consists almost exclusively of portraits. Since his contrefait with the Empress Eugenie, he was a popular portraitist. He portrayed the composer Charles François Gounod as well as the writers Alexandre Dumas , Émile Augier and Alfred de Musset .
The painter Édouard Dubufe died on August 10, 1883 in Versailles at the age of 64.
Works (selection)
- Annunciation (1839)
- Diana (1839)
- Empress Eugénie
- Rosa Bonheur
- Auguste Bonheur
- The Paris Congress
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dubufe, Édouard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1883 |
| Place of death | Versailles |