Pierre Louis Rodolphe Julian (13 June 1839 – 2 February 1907) born in Lapalud southeastern France was a French painter,

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and professor, founder and director of the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number ...

in Paris. The writer

André Corthis André Corthis, ''née'' Andrée Magdeleine Husson (15 April 1882 – 8 August 1952) was a 20th-century French writer. She received the prix Femina in 1906. Andrée Husson is the niece of painter Rodolphe Julian. Biography Andrée Husson spent ...

(1882–1952), winner of the 1906 edition of the

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was his niece.

Biography

Julian worked as an employee in a bookstore in

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. He was interested in sports, particularly wrestling. Julian went to Paris, where he became a student of

Léon Cogniet Léon Cogniet (29 August 1794 – 20 November 1880) was a French history and portrait painter. He is probably best remembered as a teacher, with more than one hundred notable students. Biography He was born in Paris. His father was a painter ...

and

Alexandre Cabanel Alexandre Cabanel (; 28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. According to ''Diccionario Enciclopedi ...

, professor at the École des Beaux-Arts, without being enrolled there. In 1863 he exhibited for the first time in the salons. He married the painter Amélie Beaury-Saurel in 1895. The challenges that he faced when in Paris led him to found in 1868, a private art academy, the

, who also offered training to foreign artists and women who had little access to the official academy . The purpose was to prepare students for entry to the École des Beaux-Arts.
Julian was described by the Anglo-Irish novelist and critic George Moore as "a kind of Hercules, dark-haired, strong, with broad shoulders, short legs, a soft voice and all the charm of the Midi". File:Julian Ompdrailles -2.png, Ompdrailles - Le Tombeau des lutteurs - Rodolphe Julian File:Julian Madone.png, Madone - Rodolphe Julian File:Julian Ompdrailles.png, Ompdrailles - Le tombeau des lutteurs- Rodolphe Julian

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* San Francisco De Young (museum) *

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Award

For his services to the arts, Rodolphe Julian

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en 1881.

Bibliography

* Léon Cladel; Jean-Pierre Deloux; Rodolphe Julian: "Ompdrailles : le tombeau-des-lutteurs", () celebrating fighting tournaments practiced in Lapalud (Vaucluse), Julian's birthplace * Martine Hérold: L'Académie Julian à cents ans. 1968 (in French). * Catherine Fehrer; New Light on the Académie Julian and its founder (Rodolphe Julian). In: La Gazette des Beaux-Arts 6. Pér. 103, 1984 Worldcat
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Julian, Rodolphe 19th-century French painters 19th-century French engravers 19th-century French male artists Academic staff of Académie Julian People from Vaucluse 1839 births 1907 deaths

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