Edgar Maxence

Edgard Maxence (French: [maksɑ̃s]; 17 September 1871 – 31 July 1954) was a French Symbolist painter.

Edgard Maxence
Edgard Maxence
Born17 September 1871
Nantes, France
Died31 July 1954 (1954-08-01) (aged 82)
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole des Beaux-Arts
Known forPainter
Notable workL'âme de la forêt
MovementSymbolism

Life

He was taught by Elie Delaunay and Gustave Moreau at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He is a contemporary of Henri Evenepoel, Jules Flandrin, Albert Marquet, Henri Matisse, Léon Printemps, Georges Rouault and other notable alumni from this famous school. He exhibited in the Salon des Artistes Français from 1894 until 1939, and was active on the salon's committees and juries. Maxence combined a highly trained technique with a taste for medieval and mythical subjects and for hermetic imagery; he exhibited at the Salon de la Rose+Croix from 1895 to 1897.

In 1920 he painted the image of Our Lady on the vaulted ceiling of the choir in the Basilica of the Rosary in Lourdes. He also illustrated the book Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (1945) by Jean-Joseph-Léonce Villepelet (Bishop of Nantes 1936–1966).

Works in museums or public galleries

Femme à l'Orchidée, 1900
Sérénité, ca. 1912
Tête de jeune fille, 1932
Fleurs des champs, ca. 1950


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