Louis Alphonse Maureau (c 1830 – c 1883) born in
, was a Franco-American
Impressionist
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
painter.
Biography
Louis-Alphonse Maureau was born in
,
United States
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. Maureau, according to
Edgar Degas' recommendation, participated in the Third Exhibition of Impressionists in 1877.
In 1881, Alphonse Maureau exhibited at the
Hôtel Drouot.
Catalogue de tableaux, aquarelles et dessins, bronzes offerts en partie par les artistes à M. C*..., 14 mai 1881; p.6Tableaux modernes, esquisses, aquarelles, pastels, dessins, eaux-fortes, livres; 1881-01-28; p.29
Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922); gallica.bnf
References and sources
External links
Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2006
site Oxford Index (subscription or library membership required)
Société des amis des arts de Pau (1878). Livret du salon 1878. Explication des ouvrages de peinture, dessin, gravure et sculpture des artistes vivants, exposés dans les salons de la société au musée de la ville le 18 janvier 1878. Bibliothèque nationale de France
Lévêque, J.-J. (1990). Les années impressionnistes. Troisième exposition impressionniste.
* [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5660060c/f74.image.r=Maureau.langFR Société des amis des arts de Nancy (1878). Exposition de 1878 de 25 mai au 15 juillet dans la grande salle de l'université. Catalogue des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, gravure et lithographie d'artistes vivants, p.71 website Bibliothèque nationale de France]
Art Institute Chicago
Degas (exposition), p.216
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19th-century American painters
American male painters
American Impressionist painters
19th-century French painters
French male painters
French Impressionist painters
Year of birth uncertain
Artists from New Orleans
20th-century American painters
1830s births
1883 deaths
19th-century American male artists
19th-century French male artists
20th-century American male artists
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