Paul Ledoux (painter)

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Paul-Eugène Ledoux (born November 18, 1884 in Illkirch-Graffenstaden , † September 17, 1960 in Cannes ) was an Alsatian German - French painter , engraver and illustrator .

Life

Ledoux studied art from 1899 at the 1899 School of Applied Arts in Strasbourg , from 1902 with Fernand Cormon at the l'école des Beaux-Arts in Paris and from 1905 at the Art Academy in Munich with Ludwig von Löfftz and Angelo Jank .

In 1909 Ledoux left Munich to study again in Paris with Jambon and Bailly. In 1914, when the First World War broke out, Ledoux was living in Paris. He joined the French army, becoming a French citizen (previously he was German). As a soldier he was given the name Jean Fauconnier and was deployed in the Argonne ; he recorded his observations in a notebook. In addition to his engagement as a soldier, Ledoux worked as an interpreter, worked for the wiretapping service and later on interrogations with German prisoners.

Paul Ledoux had two brothers, a wife and a son.

Appreciation / work

Fresco in the church in Blienschwiller

The municipality of Rosheim dedicated an exhibition to the painter in 2018.

Publications

  • Jean Variot: Chroniques et Legends des Villes Alsaciennes. Illustrations by Paul Ledoux.
  • Joseph von Eichendorff: From the life of a good-for-nothing. Illustrated by Paul Ledoux. 1937

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jean Variot: Chroniques et Légendes of Villes Alsaciennes. Illustrations de Paul Ledoux.
  2. ↑ How Brothers Became Enemies - Alsatians in World War I.
  3. ^ Blienschwiller: Fresco by Paul Ledoux
  4. ↑ [1]
  5. ^ Rosheim - Exposition de Paul LEDOUX
  6. ↑ Pictures from the exhibition
  7. ↑ [2]
  8. ↑ [3]

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personal data
SURNAME Ledoux, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ledoux, Paul-Eugène (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Alsatian German-French painter, engraver and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Illkirch-Graffenstaden
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1960
Place of death Cannes