Louis Legrand
Louis Legrand (* 1863 in Dijon , † 1951 in Livry-Gargan ), actually Auguste Mathieu , was a French pastel painter, draftsman and printmaker.
Legrand was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Dijon, and later with Félicien Rops in Paris . He worked for important illustrated magazines and designed his pastels and etchings, which were often slightly erotic, based on people from all walks of life on Montmartre . Legrand created illustrations for the works of Guy de Maupassant and Paul D'Argens , among others .
literature
- Erastène Ramiro: Louis Legrand, peintre-engraver. Catalog de son œuvre gravé et lithographié . H. Floury, Paris 1896 ( digitized version ).
- Camille Mauclair: Louis Legrand, peintre et graveur . H. Floury, Paris 1910 ( digitized version ).
- Victor Arwas: Catalog raisonné de l'Œuvre de Louis Legrand . Papadakis, London 2006.
- Louis Legrand, entre Femmes et Remous. Catalog d'exposition. Musée Provincial Félicien Rops, Namur 2006.
- F. Mariano: Legrand, Louis . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 83, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-023188-5 , p. 507 f. (not used yet)
Web links
- Literature by and about Louis Legrand in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Legrand, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mathieu, Auguste (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French pastel painter, draftsman and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dijon |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1951 |
| Place of death | Livry-Gargan |