Portrait of Anne-Marie Dagnan, 1880
Gustave Claude Étienne Courtois
Gustave Claude Étienne Courtois (1859-1923) painted this portrait of his father's cousin in 1880, as a presentation piece to her and her husband, Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (1852-1929). Courtois and Dagnan-Bouveret were classmates at the École des Beaux-Arts, and were both students of Jean-Léon Gérôme. The two young artists also shared a studio in Paris, and spent summers together in the country, where Courtois first introduced his great-uncle's daughter, Anne-Marie, to his good friend, Dagnan-Bouveret. Anne-Marie and Dagnan-Bouveret were married by 1879, and his wife became the subject of many of Dagnan-Bouveret's paintings to come.
Both Courtois and Dagnan-Bouveret held successful careers, Courtois as a historical and genre painter, and the sometime portraitist, and Dagnan-Bouveret as a member of the French Naturalist movement.
Portrait of his Fiancée, Anne-Marie Walter, 1878
Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret
2 comments:
Matthew, I can't remember how I found your blog, but I'm so happy I did. Thanks for sharing these images and the story is great. Have you seen these beauties in person and if so, where do they 'live'? I look forward to reading/ seeing more of your posts!
Alia-
I'm so happy you found my blog, too!
I am not so fortunate as to have seen these paintings in person, but I can tell you that they are, to the best of my knowledge, both still at the Musée Georges Garret in Vesoul, France. Vesoul is in the Franche-Comté, and Dagnan-Bouveret had many ties there, including Anne-Marie's family. His last residence (1897-1929) was located in Quincey, just outside Vesoul.
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