Rodolphe Julian

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Rodolphe Julian, around 1890

Rodolphe Julian (born June 13, 1839 in Lapalud , † February 2, 1907 in Paris ) was a French painter and founder of the Académie Julian in Paris. He was married to the painter Amélie Beaury-Saurel and is the uncle of the writer André Corthis (née Andrée Magdeleine Husson; 1882–1952).

biography

Julian was born out of wedlock, his mother, Sophie Favier (1810–1889) did not marry Pierre Louis Julian (born 1800), known as Julian the Elder, until 1847. The father was a tobacco retailer and clerk in a bookstore in Marseille . Talented in drawing, Julian went to Paris , where he became a student of Léon Cogniet , professor at the École des Beaux-Arts , without being enrolled there.

In 1863 he exhibited in the salon for the first time . Specializing in genre paintings and portraits, Julian is a typical representative of salon painting . In 1868 he founded a private art academy, the Académie Julian , which also offered foreign artists and women in the arts who had little access to the official art academy the opportunity to work under supervision.

  • Book illustration for Ompdrailles - Le Tombeau des lutteurs by Léon Cladel , 1879

  • Ompdrailles - Le tombeau des lutteurs

  • Madone , 1880

literature

  • Martine Hérold: L'Académie Julian à cents ans . 1968.
  • Catherine Fehrer; New Light on the Académie Julian and its founder (Rodolphe Julian) . In: La Gazette des Beaux-Arts 6. Pér. 103, 1984, pp. 207-216.

Web links

Commons : Rodolphe Julian  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rodolphe Julian on the Lapalud website
personal data
SURNAME Julian, Rodolphe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter and founder of the Académie Julian in Paris
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Lapalud
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1907
Place of death Paris