Gustave Doyen
Gustave Léon Doyen (born December 29, 1837 in Festieux , † March 6, 1923 in Fontainebleau ) was a French genre and portrait painter.
After attending the Pontifical English College in Douai , Gustave Doyen became a student of André Reverchon and William Adolphe Bouguereau . He became Bouguereau's assistant. They painted and signed some pictures together. Doyen mainly created pictures of children. He married a midwife named Marie Reine Rousseau on March 14, 1885. From November 1894 until his death he directed the painting school in Fontainebleau.
literature
- Doyen, Gustave . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 9 : Delaulne-Dubois . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1913, p. 530 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Commons : Gustave Doyen - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Gustave Doyen. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doyen, Gustave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Doyen, Gustave Léon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French genre and portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Festieux |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1923 |
| Place of death | Fontainebleau |