Paul Madeline (7 October 1863, in Paris – 12 February 1920, in Paris) was a French

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painter; known for his landscapes and village scenes.

Biography

He studied at the

École des Beaux-Arts de Paris The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences ...

. He found it necessary to work at a publishing company to support his studies there, so most of his painting had to be done in his spare time.Paul Madeline 1863 - Paris - 192
Biography
@ the Paul Madeline website. In 1894, he met

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and Léon Detroy (1857-1955), during dinner at a friend's house. Thanks to them, he was introduced to the countryside in Creuse. He immediately became enamored of the area, and returned there to paint for several months every year; usually in autumn. He eventually became one of the best known among the artists who worked there. Some time later, he began to exhibit regularly at the

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."Madeline"
Musée Virtuel de Bréhat
/ref> He was also a member of the "Salon de la Nationale des Beaux-Arts" and the Salon d'Automne. By 1902, his successes had enabled to live entirely from the income created by his art. In 1908, he helped co-found "La Société Moderne", whose members included

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, Jean-François Raffaëlli,

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and

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. In the early 1910s, he travelled throughout Brittany. During World War I, he was mobilized as a war artist, but the works he created in that capacity are little remembered. In 1926, the Salon des Indépendants presented a major retrospective of his works.

Selected works

File:Madeline-Couple.jpg, Village Scene with
Couple and Child File:Madeline-Road.jpg, On the Road File:Madeline, Paul - Maison de Victor Hugo, rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs - 206 - Maison de Victor Hugo.jpg,

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File:Madeline-Oaks.jpg, Green Oaks File:Madeline-Church.jpg, Leaving Church in Brittany

References

External links

More works by Madeline
@ ArtNet {{DEFAULTSORT:Madeline, Paul 1863 births 1920 deaths 19th-century French painters French landscape painters École des Beaux-Arts Post-impressionist painters Painters from Paris 20th-century French painters