Édouard Louis Dubufe (31 March 1819 – 11 August 1883) was a French portrait painter.

Biography

Dubufe was born in Paris. His father was the painter

Claude Marie Paul Dubufe Claude-Marie-Paul Dubufe (1790–1864) a French historical, genre and portrait painter, was born in Paris in 1790, and studied under Jacques-Louis David. His subjects were at first classical, and then scriptural. He then gave himself up to the ...

, who gave him his first art lessons. Later he studied with

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at the

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.Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th Edition (1888-1890) He was awarded the third-class medal at the "

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" in 1839. In 1842, he married Juliette Zimmerman (the daughter of composer and pianist

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) who was a sculptor. The composer

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became Édouard's brother-in-law (and lifelong friend) when he married Juliette's sister Anna. During a stay in England, from 1848 to 1851, Dubufe discovered the great English portrait painters, who he would seek to emulate. His official career as a portrait painter began in 1853 with portrayals of Emperor

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and the

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. That same year saw the birth of his son

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, who would also become a well-known painter. In 1855, Juliette died in childbirth. Dubufe continued to enjoy great success with the aristocracy, receiving a commission from the Emperor to paint the

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in 1856. Later, the Empress asked for his assistance in decorating her "Salon Bleu" at the

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. In April 1866, the journal ' ran an article by

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that criticized Dubufe's qualifications for acting as a judge at the

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and suggested that he belonged to academic cliques that compromised his judgment. That same year, Dubufe remarried. He died in

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in 1883 after a long illness.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dubufe, Edouard Louis 19th-century French painters 1820 births 1883 deaths Burials at the Cemetery of Notre-Dame, Versailles French male painters Orientalist painters 19th-century French male artists

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