Paul-Joseph Blanc (25 January 1846,

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- 5 July 1904, Paris) was a French painter who specialized in scenes from ancient history and mythology.

Biography

He studied at the

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with Émile Bin and

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. In 1867, he was awarded the

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for painting for his work ''The Murder of Laius by Œdipus'' and was named a Professor at the École in 1889. His studio in

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also served as an art school. In addition to his favorite subjects, he produced many portraits of politicians, including

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and

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. He participated in the decoration of several buildings; among them the

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, where he painted ''The Vow of Clovis at the Battle of Tolbiac'', ''The Baptism of Clovis'' and ''The Triumph of Clovis''. His decorative paintings may also be seen at the Opéra-Comique and the Hôtel de Ville He created a design for postage stamps as well. They featured the figure of

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and came in denominations from one through five, seven and a half, and ten

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s. They were also overprinted for use in the French colonies and were commonly referred to as "Blancs". The original engraved wooden block used to create the stamps is at the

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in Paris.

Selected works

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Rescuing

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External links

Short biography and photograph
from ''Nos peintres et sculpteurs, graveurs, dessinateurs...'', Sociétés de Beaux-Arts, (1897) @

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Stamp Collecting World
The "Blanc" stamps and other contemporary designs. {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanc, Joseph 1846 births 1904 deaths 19th-century French painters French male painters French history painters French portrait painters Painters from Paris École des Beaux-Arts alumni Academic staff of the École des Beaux-Arts Prix de Rome for painting 19th-century French male artists

Biography

Selected works

Further reading

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