Jean-Émile Buland (25 October 1857,

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– 15 February 1938, Paris) was a French painter, engraver,

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and illustrator.

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He was born to Jean-Marie Buland (1825-1895), an engraver, and his wife from

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, Suzanne, née Wagener. His older brother, Jean-Eugène, was a painter. In 1875, he enrolled at the

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, where he studied with the painter, Alexandre Cabanel, and the engraver,

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. In 1880, he won the Prix de Rome for engraving, and spent the years 1881 to 1884 studying at the villa Medici. In 1886, he married Louise Godefroy. They had one daughter. He was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900, and a first-class medal at the

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of 1901. Two years later, he was named a Knight in the

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In 1925, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, where he took Seat #2 for engraving, succeeding

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(deceased).René Édouard-Joseph, ''Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains'', tome 1, A-E, Art & Édition, 1930, pg.217. At the time of his death, he was Director of the , an artists' association Most of his engravings are after 17th and 18th-century artists, but he also reproduced works by his contemporaries, such as and

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from the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques @ La France Savante {{DEFAULTSORT:Buland, Jean-Emile 1857 births 1938 deaths French engravers Prix de Rome winners Recipients of the Legion of Honour Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Engravers from Paris

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