Édouard Louis Dubufe (; 31 March 1819 – 11 August 1883) was a French portrait painter.

Biography

Dubufe was born in Paris. His father was the painter Claude Marie Paul Dubufe, who gave him his first art lessons. Later he studied with

Paul Delaroche Hippolyte-Paul Delaroche (; Paris, 17 July 1797 – Paris, 4 November 1856) was a French painter who achieved his greater successes painting historical scenes. He became famous in Europe for his melodramatic depictions that often portrayed subje ...

at the

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.Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th Edition (1888-1890) He was awarded the third-class medal at the "

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" in 1839. In 1842, he married Juliette Zimmerman (the daughter of composer and pianist

Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmerman Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmerman (19 March 178529 October 1853), known as Pierre Zimmermann and Joseph Zimmermann, was a French pianist, composer, and music teacher. Biography Zimmerman was born in Paris on March 19, 1785, as the son of a pian ...

) who was a sculptor. The composer

Charles Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ...

became Édouard's brother-in-law (and lifelong friend) when he married Juliette's sister Anna. During a stay in England, from 1848 to 1851, Dubufe discovered the great English portrait painters, who he would seek to emulate. His official career as a portrait painter began in 1853 with portrayals of Emperor

Napoléon III Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last ...

and the

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. That same year saw the birth of his son

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, who would also become a well-known painter. In 1855, Juliette died in childbirth. Dubufe continued to enjoy great success with the aristocracy, receiving a commission from the Emperor to paint the Congress of Paris in 1856. Later, the Empress asked for his assistance in decorating her "Salon Bleu" at the

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. In April 1866, the journal ' ran an article by

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that criticized Dubufe's qualifications for acting as a judge at the

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and suggested that he belonged to academic cliques that compromised his judgment. That same year, Dubufe remarried. He died in

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in 1883 after a long illness.

Works

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Eugénie de Montijo Eugénie de Montijo (; born María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick; 5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920) was Second French Empire, Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until he was overthrown on 4 ...

, Empress of the French, represented in a ball gown'', 1844 File:Anne-Arsene Charton (1827-1892), by Édouard-Louis Dubufe.jpg, ''Anne-Arsene Charton'', 1849 File:Edouard Dubufe Congrès de Paris.jpg, ''

The Congress of Paris ''The Congress of Paris'' (French: ''Le Congrès de Paris'') is an 1856 history painting by the French artist Édouard Dubufe. It depicts the international diplomats who assembled for the Congress of Paris (1856), Congress of Paris that ended the ...

, 1856 File:Comtesse Marianna Walewska née Ricci.jpg, '' Comtesse Colonna Walewska, née Marianna Ricci'', 1859 File:Jean Frédéric André Poupart, baron de Neuflize, et son frère.jpg, ''Jean Frédéric André Poupart, Baron de Neuflize, and his brother'', 1859 File:Lovelace Abducting Clarissa Harlowe.jpg, ''Lovelace Abducting Clarissa Harlowe'', 1867 File:Édouard-Louis Dubufe - Prince Vincenzo Ruffo of Sant'Antimo and his children.jpg, ''Prince Vincenzo Ruffo and his children'', 1852

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dubufe, Edouard Louis 19th-century French painters 1819 births 1883 deaths Burials at the Cemetery of Notre-Dame, Versailles French male painters French Orientalist painters 19th-century French male artists

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