Alfred-Alexandre Delauney (1830–1894) was a French painter and engraver.

Life

Born on 13 July 1830 at

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, Delauney came to Paris in 1842 at the age of twelve to work as an assistant to an elderly uncle named Salmon, his mother's brother, who was a print-seller. Salmon had a shop at 39, Rue de Seine, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris near

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, called ''Librairie des Beaux-Arts'', which in 1850 he transferred to his nephew. Had two children, Marthe, and Jean. Delauney is considered a notable etcher as well as a painter.Noël Coret, ''Autour de l'impressionnisme: Les peintres de la vallée de la Marne'' (Renaissance du livre, 2000), p. 22 : "Alfred-Delauney (Gouville (Manche). 1830-Nanteuil-sur-Marne. 1894) fut aussi un peintre et aquafortiste de grande renommée..." Jean-François Millet was one of the artists whose paintings were etched by Delauney, and one such etching, ''L'Hiver aux corbeaux'' (1862), has been noted as an inspiration to

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.''L'esprit et les lettres: mélanges offerts à Georges Mailhos'' (Presses Univ. du Mirail, 1999)
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/ref> A collection of Delauney's etchings was published in ''Eaux-Fortes sur le vieux Paris'', twenty-four plates dating between 1870 and 1878.Christine Abelé, ''Les Varin, une dynastie de graveurs, XVIIIe, XIXe, XXe siècles'' (Château-Thierry: Musée Jean de La Fontaine, 1987 exhibition catalogue), p. 22: "''Eaux-Fortes sur le vieux Paris'', 24 planches y compris titre et table, 1870-1878" Alfred Delauney married Elise Charlotte-Eulallie Varin, the daughter of Pierre-Amédée Varin (1818–1883), another notable engraver. They had two children, Marthe Delauney, Jean Delauney. He died at Nanteuil-sur-Marne on 25 June 1894.

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