Carolus-Duran (1837—1917) was an artist, art teacher, and fashionable portraitist in the France of the Third Republic.
Carolus-Duran Summary
- Born in Lille, Paris; died in the capital Paris
- ‘Carolus-Duran’ is a moniker derived from his name: Charles Auguste Émile Durand
- Very successful at the Salon, winning several gold medals
- Specialised in portraiture and ran a successful atelier on Montparnasse, Paris
- Member of the jury at the Universal Exhibition, co-founder of Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
- Teacher to John Singer Sargent, Jan Stanisławski, Ralph Wormeley Curtis, and many others
Carolus-Duran’s Famous Paintings
- Le Baiser (1868)
- The Lady in Gloves (1869)
- Merrymakers (1870)
- Madame Henry Fouquier (1876)
- Madamoiselle de Lancey (1876)
- Portrait of Édouard Manet (1880)
- Maria Pia of Savoy (1883)
- Natalie Clifford Barney at Age Ten (c. 1887)
- The Poet with the Mandolin (1887)
- Portrait of Emily Warren Roebling (c. 1896)