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Auguste Michel Danse (13 July 1829, Brussels – 2 August 1929, Uccle) was a Belgian engraver and
from the ''Dictionnaire des peintres belges'' After graduating, he was employed by Jacob Wiener (medallist), Jacob Wiener and engraved medals. In 1851, he received a major commission from the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts to produce portraits for a series of biographies. For many years, he earned his living from commercial work; designing
His wife, Adèle, was the sister of Jean-Baptiste Meunier (1821–1900), a graphic artist. Their daughters, Marie and
Auguste Michel Danse (13 July 1829, Brussels – 2 August 1929, Uccle) was a Belgian engraver and etcher
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Biography
His father, Mathieu-Joseph Danse, was a merchant. While still very young, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied painting with François-Joseph Navez. He then studied engraving withLuigi Calamatta
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Biography
Orphaned early, he went to live with an uncle, then moved to Rome to live ...
, who would be a major influence.Biographical notesfrom the ''Dictionnaire des peintres belges'' After graduating, he was employed by Jacob Wiener (medallist), Jacob Wiener and engraved medals. In 1851, he received a major commission from the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts to produce portraits for a series of biographies. For many years, he earned his living from commercial work; designing
stained glass
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windows and playing cards, and working in a textile factory, engraving the copper printing cylinders. He lost the latter position when the American Civil War made cotton difficult to obtain. From that point on, he devoted himself entirely to engraving; producing copies of the old Dutch Masters
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The new Dutch Republ ...
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In 1871, he became a drawing teacher at the art academy in Mons
Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...
He retained that position until his retirement in 1897, and helped create an engraving school there in 1882. At the Exposition Universelle (1889)
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and the Exposition Universelle (1900)
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, he was awarded silver medals.
Beginning in the early twentieth-century, his attention turned more to painting; primarily maritime scenes and landscapes. In 1903, he produced a series of portraits for the Belgian royal family. Two years later, he became a member of the Royal Academy. He remained active until 1911. Retrospectives of his work were held that year and in 1920.
He died shortly after his hundredth birthday. A street in Uccle was named after him. The Royal Library of Belgium
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has a collection of his original engravings. His notable students included Paul Craps and Elisabeth Wesmael
Elisabeth Wesmael (1861–1953) was a Belgian graphic artist.
Life
Wesmael studied at the Academie van Bergen under Auguste Danse from 1883 till 1884, where she learned to draw and make etchings by copying pictures such as "Sparrenbos in de Ke ...
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His wife, Adèle, was the sister of Jean-Baptiste Meunier (1821–1900), a graphic artist. Their daughters, Marie and Louise
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* Louise (given name)
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, both became engravers. Marie would marry the controversial politician, Jules Destrée
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References
Further reading
* "Auguste Michel Danse", in ''Benezit Dictionary of artists'', Vol.4, pgs.407, 2006 * R. Urboniene, "Auguste Danse", in ''Allgemeines Küntslerlexikon'', Vol.24, pgs.203–204, 2000 * Marie Mauquoy-Hendrickx, "Auguste Danse", in the '' Biographie Nationale de Belgique'', Vol.33, pgs.185–187, 1966External links
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