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Gustave Courtois
An 1884 portrait of Courtois by Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret
Born	Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois (1852-05-18)May 18, 1852 Pusey, France
Died	November 23, 1923(1923-11-23) (aged 71) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois, also known as Gustave Courtois (French: [ɡystav kuʁtwa]; 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône – 23 November 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) ^[1] was a French painter, a representative of the academic style of art.

Early life and education

Courtois was born 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône, France to an unwed mother who was devoted to him. Early in life, Courtois revealed an interest in art and entered the École municipale de dessin in Vesoul ( Franche-Comté). His drawings were shown to Jean-Léon Gérôme, and in 1869, Gérôme encouraged Courtois to enter the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Courtois was in close friendship with fellow student Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, with whom he maintained a fashionable studio in Neuilly-sur-Seine from the 1880s. ^[2]

Career

Courtois taught painting at Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Académie Colarossi in Paris, ^[3] where Harriet Campbell Foss, ^{[4] [5]} Eva Bonnier, Emma Cheves Wilkins, and Dora Hitz were students.

Courtois exhibited at the Salon de Paris, receiving a third-place medal in 1878 and a second-place medal in 1880. He was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1889 and exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1911 to 1914.^{[ citation needed]}

His paintings can be seen in the art galleries of Besançon, Marseille, Bordeaux, and Luxembourg.^{[ citation needed]} He was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.^{[ citation needed]} Among his students were Willard Dryden Paddock, Mary Rose Hill Burton, and Sara Page.^{[ citation needed]}

Gustave Courtois was a close friend of the Finnish artist Albert Edelfelt. They lived in the same studio building in Paris, socialized daily, shared many artistic ideals and supported each other in their work. ^[6]

References

Sources

• Robert Fernier. Gustave Courtois: 1852-1923, 1943.
• Gabriel P. Weisberg. Against the Modern: Dagnan-Bouveret and the Transformation of the Academic Tradition, 2002.

External links

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