Maximilien Luce Paintings

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Maximilien Luce Paintings
Biography Maximilien-Jules-Constant Luce was
born on 13 March 1858 in Paris. His parents, of
modest means, were Charles-Désiré Luce
(18231888), a railway clerk, and
Louise-Joséphine Dunas (18221878). The family
lived in the Montparnasse, a working-class
district of Paris. Luce attended school at
lEcole communale, beginning in 1864. Maximilien
Luce began working in the studio of Eugène
Froment (18441900) in 1876. Producing woodcut
prints for various publications, including
LIllustration and Londons The Graphic. He took
additional art courses, at lAcadémie Suisse, and
also in the studio of portrait painter
Carolus-Duran (18371917). Through Froments
studio, Luce became friends with Léo Gausson and
Émile-Gustave Cavallo-Péduzzi. These three
artists spent time around Lagny-sur-Marne
creating Impressionist landscapes
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Society of Independent Artists He became
president of the Société des Artistes
Indépendants, as successor to his friend Signac
after his death in 1935. He renounced his
presidency at the beginning of the German
occupation as a protest against Jewish artists
being forbidden to exhibit. He corresponded with
many other painters, including Charles Angrand,
Georges Seurat, Théo Van Rysselberghe and his
friend Louis Valtat. Anarchist Painter The
majority of his works are landscapes, mainly of
France. He painted a smaller number of urban
landscapes, often of working-class districts, and
often painted at night, providing a snapshot of
the world of work at that time. His figures set
him apart from other Neo-Impressionists.
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Museum and Gallery Holdings Fécamp (Mus. Des Arts
et de l'Enfance) The Maas in Rotterdam (1908,
oil / card) Geneva (Petit Palais) View of Paris
from Montmartre (1887) Camaret-sur-Mer
(1894) Otterlo (Kröller-Müller Mus.) View of
Montmartre (1887) Paris (MNAM-CCI) Portrait of
the Painter H.- E. Cross The Seine at
Rolleboise Paris (Mus. D'Orsay) Studies for
Factories near Charleroi St-Tropez (Mus. De
l'Annonciade) Coast near the Citadelle, St
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