Angèle Dubos (22 December 1844 − 26 November 1916) was a French painter from Normandy. Dubos was born Laure Constance Angèle Dubos in 1844 in
L'Aigle
L'Aigle is a commune in the Orne department in Normandy in northwestern France. Before 1961, the commune was known as ''Laigle''. According to Orderic Vitalis, the nest of an eagle (''aigle'' in French) was discovered during the construction of ...
in the north of France, and showed her works at the Paris Salon.
Biography
Born in 1844 in the department of
Orne
Orne (; nrf, Ôrne or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019. Right from the start, the quality of her work attracted attention. Thus when she exhibited ''La Prière'' at the Salon of 1866, a columnist from the magazine ''Le Foyer'' said "... a talent that announced itself in such a naive and touching way, revealing serious and good qualities, auguring very well for the artistic future of Miss Dubos."
She was very active in art exhibitions, Parisian and regional, from 1867 to 1884. In 1873, she won the gold medal at an exhibition in
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000, The painting was then bought by the municipality for its museum. Dubos' technique was recognized and appreciated by her peers and critics. In 1876, a critic will say during the Salon of 1876 where she exhibited her painting ''La Sultane'': "She paints in a friendly way, with enthusiasm, ease and softness in the execution." In 1886, in ''La Revue Normande et Parisienne'', she is cited as one of Chaplin's best pupils when she exhibited her drawing ''Le Déjeûner de Mlle Rose.''
Angèle married in her late 50's in June 1901, to Pierre Louis Bourdon, postmaster of
Corrèze
Corrèze (; oc, Corresa) is a department in France, named after the river Corrèze which runs through it. Although its prefecture is Tulle, its most populated city is Brive-la-Gaillarde. Corrèze is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, ...
.
Her painting ''The New Song'', dated 1879, was ''included in the 1905 book
Women Painters of the World
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Th ...
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