The Société d'aquarellistes français ( en, Society of French Watercolourists), often in uncontracted form as Société des aquarellistes français, was an association of painters in watercolour in nineteenth-century France. It held annual exhibitions of works by members; the first of these was held in the gallery of Paul Durand-Ruel at 16 rue Laffitte, Paris, in 1879. The society ceased to be active in 1896.

Members

In 1879, the honorary members of the society were: *

Prince de Joinville The first known lord of Joinville (French ''sire'' or ''seigneur de Joinville'') in the county of Champagne appears in the middle of the eleventh century. The former lordship was raised into the Principality of Joinville under the House of Guis ...

* Édouard André * Emmanuel Bocher * Maurice Cottier * Auguste Dreyfus *

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...

* Viscount Étienne de Ganay * Viscount

Henri Greffulhe Henri Greffulhe (29 July 1815 – 8 April 1879) was a French politician. He was made a Senator for life A senator for life is a member of the senate or equivalent upper chamber of a legislature who has life tenure. , six Italian senators out o ...

Alfred Hartmann Alfred Hartmann is a Swiss former footballer who played in the 1950s, mainly as a forward but also as a midfielder. Hartmann joined FC Basel's first team for their 1953–54 season under player-coach René Bader. He made his domestic league de ...

* Baron Edmond de Rothschild * Count Samuel Welles de la Valette In 1879, the ordinary members were: * Henri Baron * Charles-Édouard de Beaumont * Édouard Detaille * Gustave Doré *

François-Louis Français François-Louis Français (1814–1897), also known as Louis Français, was a French painter, lithographer and illustrator who became one of the most commercially successful landscape painters of the 19th century. A former pupil of Jean Gigoux ...

* Ferdinand Heilbuth * Eugène Isabey * Jules Jacquemart *

Roger Jourdain Roger Jourdain (July 27, 1912 – March 21, 2002) was an Ojibwe civic leader who served as chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa from 1959 to 1990. Jourdain is credited with protecting Red Lake's extensive tribal sovereignty and improving triba ...

* Louis-Eugène Lambert * Eugène Lami * Louis Leloir *

Maurice Leloir Maurice Leloir (1 November 1853 – 7 October 1940) was a French illustrator, watercolourist, draftsman, printmaker, writer and collector. Biography Leloir was the son, and pupil, of painter and watercolorist Héloïse Suzanne Colin, daughte ...

* Madeleine Lemaire * Baroness Charlotte de Rothschild * Jehan Georges Vibert * Jules Worms By 1890 the membership had expanded to include: * Emile Adan * Jean Béraud * Albert Besnard * Gaston Béthune * Emile Boilvin *

Léon Bonnat Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833 – 8 September 1922) was a French painter, Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur and professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Early life Bonnat was born in Bayonne, but from 1846 to 1853 he lived in Ma ...

* Maurice Boutet de Monvel * John Lewis Brown * Jean-Charles Cazin * Max Claude *

Georges Claude Georges Claude (24 September 187023 May 1960) was a French engineer and inventor. He is noted for his early work on the industrial liquefaction of air, for the invention and commercialization of neon lighting, and for a large experiment on genera ...

* Benjamin-Constant * Maurice Courant * Robert de Cuvillon *

Charles Édouard Delort Charles Édouard Delort (February 4, 1841 – 1895) was a French academic painter who was born in Nimes, France. He grew up in the area around Bordeaux, and entered the naval Academy at 12 years of age. In 1859, he moved to Paris, where he stud ...

* Guillaume Dubufe * Ernest Duez * Nicolas Escalier *

François Flameng François Flameng (1856–1923) was a notable French painter during the last quarter of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th. He was the son of Léopold Flameng, a celebrated printmaker, and received a first-rate education in his c ...

* Émile Friant *

Victor Gilbert Victor Gilbert (27 May 1905 – 6 December 1978) was a British sports shooter. He competed in the 50 m rifle event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as Londo ...

* Lucien Gros * Henri Harpignies * Pierre-Georges Jeanniot *

* Eugène Lambert * Jean-Paul Laurens *

Julien Le Blant Julien Le Blant (March 30, 1851 - February 28, 1936) was a French painter of military subjects who specialized in the scenes of the Vendée Wars of 1793–1799 that occurred during the French Revolution. Because he came from a family from the Bas ...

Léon Lhermitte Léon Augustin Lhermitte (; 31 July 1844, Mont-Saint-Père - 28 July 1925, Paris) was a French naturalist painter and etcher whose primary subject matter was rural scenes depicting peasants at work. Life and work Lhermitte was born in 1844 in ...

* Auguste Loustaunau *

Albert Maignan Albert Pierre René Maignan (14 October 1845 – 29 September 1908) was a French history painter and illustrator. Biography In 1864, he left his hometown to study law in Paris, earning his diploma in 1866. During his studies he also paint ...

* Adrien Marie * Charles Meissonier * Eugène Morand * Adrien Moreau *

Aimé Morot Aimé Nicolas Morot (16 June 1850 – 12 August 1913) was a French painter and sculptor in the Academic Art style. Biography Aimé Nicolas Morot, son of François-Aimé Morot and Catherine-Elisabeth Mansuy, was born in Rue d'Amerval 4 in Nancy ...

Charles Olivier de Penne Charles Olivier de Penne (Paris, January 11, 1831 - Bourron-Marlotte, April 18, 1897) was a French painter. He belonged to the School of Barbizon. Biography Charles-Olivier de Penne was initially a painter of historical scenes, but, as soo ...

* Paul Pujol * James Tissot * Edmond Yon *

Henri Zuber Jean Henri Zuber (24 June 1844 – 7 April 1909) was a French landscape painter. He was born in Rixheim, in the Haut-Rhin département of Alsace. He served in the French navy from 1863 to 1868, and took part in the French campaign against K ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Societe d'aquarellistes francais French artist groups and collectives Arts organizations based in France Arts organizations established in the 19th century