- Edgar Maxence
Infobox Artist
name = Edgar Maxence
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birthdate = 1871
location =Nantes
deathdate = 1954
deathplace =La Bernerie-en-Retz
nationality = French
field = Painter
training =École des Beaux-Arts
movement = Symbolism
works = "L'âme de la forêt"
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awards =Edgar Maxence (born in
Nantes , 1871, died inLa Bernerie-en-Retz , 1954), was a French Symbolist painter.Life
He was taught by
Elie Delaunay andGustave Moreau at theÉcole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He exhibited in theSalon des Artistes Français from 1894 until 1939, and was active on the salon's committees and juries. Maxence combined highly trained technique with a taste for medieval and mythical subjects, andhermetic imagery, and 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
*In the
Musée d'Orsay ,Paris : "Femme à l'Orchidée", 1900: "Sérénité", ca. 1912: "Tête de jeune fille", 1932: "Fleurs des champs", ca. 1950
* "Portrait de jeune fille", ca. 1900, Musée des Beaux-Arts deRennes
* " [http://www.linternaute.com/sortir/sorties/exposition/peintres-du-reve/diaporama/images/3.jpgL'âme de la forêt] ", 1898,Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes .
* " [http://collection.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/results.do?view=detail&] ", 1913,
Art Gallery of New South Wales Sources
* Grove Art online
* French wikipedia
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