Léon Danchin (21 June 1887 - 4 August 1938) was a French artist known for his drawings of animals, primarily
sporting dogs. He was also a sculptor.
Danchin was born in
Lille
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(
France
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) on 21 June 1887, the second of six children of Albert and Margaret Danchin. For centuries, the Danchin family lived in northern France, in Anchin in
Hainaut, where the family name originated.
Leon Danchin, wildlife artist
/ref> In 1919, Danchin married Simone Meesemaecker.
For ease of working, Danchin moved his family to Chantilly
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United States
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, close to Paris. His first works sold very well in France
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, and also in Belgium
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, the United States
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, and England
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. Danchin later moved to Bergues
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, in the French Flanders
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, where he was able to hunt regularly. It was during this period that he drew many of the hunting scenes for which he is renowned.
Today, Galerie Hautecœur in Paris
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manages the re-productions of Danchin's art.
References
Sources
*Denis Montaut ''Léon Danchin, animal artist'', Ed Montaut, Bordeaux, Saint-Sulpice-et-Monteyrac, 2001
External links
Danchin's lithographies, engravings and bronzes
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1887 births
1938 deaths
Artists from Lille
Dog artists
20th-century French painters
French male painters
20th-century French sculptors
20th-century French male artists
French male sculptors