Amélie Beaury-Saurel

• Name — Amélie Beaury-Saurel • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Died — 30 May 1924 • Place of death — Paris, France • Known for — Painting • Birth Name — Amélie Beaury

Born in Barcelona as Amélie Beaury, she added "Saurel" to her name in recognition of her mother's family who could trace their lineage to the Byzantine emperors of the 11th century. Her family lived in Spain and Corsica, but eventually settled in France where she enrolled in the Academie Julian and paid for her studies by carrying out administrative duties and managing the finances. At various times, she was a pupil of J. Lefebvre, T. Robert-Fleury and J.P. Laurens in Académie Julian, and became a very popular portrait painter, thanks to Léon Bonnat. She married Rodolphe Julian in 1895 and took on charge a women's atelier. In her publications, Marie Bashkirtseff (also a Julian pupil) talked distrustfully about "l'espagnole" (the Spanish woman). She made her début in the Salon de Paris in 1874, where she was considered one of the most important artists of the Salon in 1880. Amélie Beaury-Saurel provided generously most of her mother and sister's necessities. After Julian's death, she bought and laid out "Château Julian", in Lapalud, a village in Provence, in memory of her husband, who had been born there. She died in Paris.

• Illustration — Portrait of Jean Paul Laurens (1838-1921), French painter, 1919 • Illustration — Portrait of a Girl, 1895 • Illustration — Dans le bleu, 1894 • Illustration — Portrait of M Felix Voisin, 1898 • Illustration — Portrait of Gilbert Dupuis • Illustration — Portrait of Séverine, 1893 • Illustration — Postcard reproduction of a painting by Beaury-Saurel exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1914, representing seven pioneers • Illustration — alt= Portrait of the French writer André Corthis, circa 1908

• "Christ en croix" de l'Église Saint-Etienne, Issy-les-moulineaux, 1873. • "Portrait d'une femme noire", 1884 • "Le travail de M. Frey, Maître d'armes", prix d'honneur à l'exposition Blanc et Noir de 1891. • "Portrait de Séverine", 1893. • "Dans le bleu", 1894. • "Le repos du modèle" (Musée d'Amiens) • "Portrait de Mme G. C..." • "Jean-Paul Laurens (1838-1921) peintre", 1919. • "Portrait of Gilbert Dupuis", 1922. • "Portrait de Léonce Bénédite (1859-1925) conservateur du musée du Luxembourg", 1923 (Musée d'Orsay). • "Portrait d'Alexis Ballot-Beaupré (1836-1917)"

The authorities additionally record the headings Amélie Julian, Mme Amelie Beaury-Saurel, Amelie Beaury-Saurel, Amelie Julian and Mme Julian Beaury-Saurel. Her recorded language was French. She married Rodolphe Julian. Other recorded relations include André Corthis.

Amélie Beaury-Saurel is recorded with the occupation illustrator. Classed in the genre portrait. Recorded as painter, pastellist and illustrator.