Ernest Ange Duez (also known as Ernest-Ange Duez and Ernest Duez, 8 March 1843 – 5 April 1896) was a French painter of genre scenes, portraits, landscapes and religious subjects. Although he was an admirer of Édouard Manet and owned paintings by Manet, Claude Monet,

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and

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, his

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was more subdued than that of most of the Impressionists, and his technique more controlled. His style, between that of the conservative

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and Impressionism, has been called

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, and he has been compared to Alfred Stevens, Giuseppe De Nittis, and James Tissot.

Biography

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Duez was born on 8 March 1843 in Paris, and studied painting under

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. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1868 with ''Mater Dolorosa'', and achieved success there in 1874 with a third-class medal for his paintings ''Splendeur'' and ''Misère''. He won other medals there subsequently. Genre scenes depicting modern life included ''Au restaurant Le Doyen'' (1878) and ''Café sur la Terrasse'' (1890). Portraits included ''Mme Duez'' (1877) and ''Alphonse de Neuville'' (1880). En la playa - Ernest Ange Duez

Landscapes and seaside scenes were often inspired by the Normandy countryside around Villerville and Le Havre. In 1879 at the Salon he exhibited the large triptych ''Saint Cuthbert'', depicting the stages of the life of

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set in landscapes based on the countryside around Villerville. Considered his greatest work, it is now in the

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. In 1883 Duez moved into a studio on boulevard Berthier, close to that of

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on the same street. Singer painted portraits of Duez and his wife in 1884–6. His wife, Amélie Duez, was a well-known amateur singer, and was the first to perform

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's newly composed songs "Mandoline" and "En sourdine" (the first two songs of '' Cinq mélodies "de Venise"''), while Fauré and the couple were staying as guests of the Princesse de Polignac in Venice in 1891. Duez's circle also included the painters Paul-Albert Besnard, Jacques-Émile Blanche and Roger-Joseph Jourdain. Duez carried out a number of commissions for the adornment of public buildings in Paris. These included ''Novembre'' and ''Décembre'' in the

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's Galerie du glacier, ''Virgile s’inspirant dans les bois'' (1888) for the Sorbonne, ''La Botanique'' and ''La Physique'' (1892) for the Hôtel de Ville's Salon des Sciences, and ''L’heure de la tétée à la maternité'' (1895) for the

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. Duez died on 5 April 1896 from a

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while cycling in the Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

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