Carolus-Duran

Carolus-Duran was a French painter (1837–1917). He was born at Lille and died at 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Also recorded as Charles Auguste Émile Durant; Carolus Duran; Charles-Emile-Auguste Durand; Emile-Auguste Carolus-Duran; Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran; Émile-Auguste Carolus-Duran.

Carolus-Duran in brief

Born
1837
Died
1917
Known for
painter
Place of birth
Lille
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Charles Auguste Émile Durant, Carolus Duran, Charles-Emile-Auguste Durand, Emile-Auguste Carolus-Duran and Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran. His recorded language was French.

He married Pauline Carolus-Duran. One child is recorded: Pierre Carolus-Duran.

Formation and teaching

Carolus-Duran studied at École des beaux-arts de Lille and Académie Suisse. He trained under François Souchon and Jean-Baptiste Cadet de Beaupré.

As a teacher, Carolus-Duran is recorded in connection with Emma Toll, Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun, Francine Charderon, William Learned Marcy Pendleton, Harper Pennington and Clovis Cazes. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Career and activity

Recorded position is director of the French Academy in Rome. He belonged to Ligue de la Patrie Française‏, Académie des beaux-arts and Société du Jing-lar.

Recognition and collections

Carolus-Duran received Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. Work by Carolus-Duran is held by Museo del Prado, National Gallery of Canada, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Catalogued works

44 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1861 to 1901.

Portrait of Madame Edgard Stern, dated 1889, held by Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, inventory PPP3619. Study of a male head, dated 1885, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory M.Ob.462 MNW. The Artist's Gardener, dated 1893, held by Clark Art Institute, inventory 1955.40. Spanish Woman (Portrait of Eva Gonzalès?), dated 1876, held by Clark Art Institute, inventory 1955.671. View in the Lower Church of San Francesco in Assisi, dated 1876, held by Clark Art Institute, inventory 2009.12.3. Leland Stanford Jr., dated 1881, held by Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, inventory JLS.12002. The Flower Girl, dated 1880, held by McManus Gallery, inventory 10-1925. Louisa Van Rensselaer Baylies (Mrs. Edmund Lincoln Baylies), dated 1890, held by Museum of the City of New York, inventory 46.295.2. Leonard Lewisohn, dated 1899, held by New York Historical, inventory 1976.45. Mrs. Leonard Lewisohn (Rosalie Jacobs), dated 1901, held by New York Historical, inventory 1976.46. Portrait of Frits Thaulow, dated 1890, held by Oslo Museum, inventory OB.00418. Portrait of the countess Berta Vandal, born de Heckeren, dated 1878, held by Galleria d'arte moderna, inventory Giornale GAM 308. Portrait of Mathilde Metman, dated 1878, held by Château de Bucheneck. Mrs Harry Vane Milbank, née Alice Sidonie Van den Bergh, dated 1877, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/9595a86c43bab8ea0d05bb964563c317. Porträt des Hector Hanoteau. Portrait of Helena Modrzejewska, dated 1878. Porträt des Queen Maria Pia of Portugal (1847-1911), dated 1880, held by Palace of Ajuda. Porträt der Anna Gould (1875-1961), dated 1900. Italian Model, dated 1872, held by Baltimore Museum of Art, inventory 1996.45.53. Portrait of Madame Flandrin née Marie Lebon, dated 1871, held by Schorr Collection. Portrait of the Spanish painter Matías Moreno, dated 1866, held by Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, inventory D 2003 1. Portrait of Marcel Guérin at the age of five, dated 1878, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/e5be97d5b2b9ff21340d47e78bb46a25. Portrait of Edmée Guérin, dated 1878, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/60d331369a6842cb66a850a7fbc41fc3. Francisco Ruano, dated 1867, held by Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson. Female Study, held by International Art Museum of America. Andromeda, dated 1887, held by Yokohama Museum of Art, inventory 2014-OF-001. Manette Salomon, dated 1883. Vision, dated 1883. A young red-hair woman, dated 1889. Obsession, dated 1898. The Assassinated, dated 1865, held by Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, inventory P 582. Porträt des Édouard Manet, dated 1880. The Lovers, dated 1877, held by Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, inventory 2009.045.073. Portrait of an Artist in Her Studio, dated 1880, held by La Salle University Art Museum, inventory 71-P-84. Portrait of Countess Borye des Renaudes, dated 1880, held by Singer Laren, inventory 56-1-159. Retrato de D. Maria Pia, dated 1880, held by Palace of Ajuda. Portrait of a Man, held by National Gallery of Athens, inventory Π.1673. M. Berthon, dated 1870, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory WA1948.102. Portrait of James Carroll Beckwith, dated 1877, held by Heckscher Museum of Art, inventory 1987.3. Portrait of Mme*** (Madame Durant), dated 1869, held by Musée d'Orsay, inventory RF 152. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), dated 1861, oil on canvas, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2014.608. Mrs. William Astor (Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, 1831–1908), dated 1890, oil on canvas, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 49.4. Head of Christ, dated 1868, black chalk, mix of red and black washes, red chalk and white gouache, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2022.25.12. Souvenir de Voyage, dated 1874, etching, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1921.976.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 12 named public collections.

Clark Art Institute: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Musée d'Orsay: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of the City of New York: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. New York Historical: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Palace of Ajuda: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Musée des Augustins: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Museum in Warsaw: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Carolus-Duran, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Carolus-Duran, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Carolus-Duran, Pauline Marie Charlotte (Mme), Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Carolus-Duran, Emile Auguste, (1838–18 Feb. 1917), painter, Who Was Who, 2007.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (116457775) and Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) (500115346). Those registers additionally record the forms Durant, Charles Emile Auguste, Durand, Charles Emile Auguste, Carolus-Duran, Emile-Auguste, Duran, Emile Auguste Carolus-, Duran, Charles Emile Auguste, Durand, Charles, Carolus-Duran and Carolus Duran, Emile Auguste.

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Portrait of Emily Warren Roebling (1896) — Internet Archive. Souvenir de Voyage (1874) — Internet Archive. La Vie Illustrée Journal [...] Bd 6t 512178975 (1902) — Internet Archive. [Carolus-Duran dans son atelier] / [non identifié] (1900) — Internet Archive. De profundis!: Episode Maritime — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 29 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Carolus-Duran studied at École des beaux-arts de Lille and Académie Suisse. training under François Souchon and Jean-Baptiste Cadet de Beaupré is recorded. Emma Toll, Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun and Francine Charderon are recorded as having studied under Carolus-Duran. the recorded working language is French.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait.

Positions recorded include director of the French Academy in Rome. Membership is recorded of Ligue de la Patrie Française‏, Académie des beaux-arts and Société du Jing-lar.

Works named in the authority record are Portrait Édouard Manet and Portrait of Mme*** (Madame Durant).

Work by Carolus-Duran is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, National Gallery of Canada, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Musée de la civilisation.

Distinctions recorded are Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Chronology

  1. 1837Carolus-Duran born at Lille.
  2. 1874Souvenir de Voyage digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1876Spanish Woman (Portrait of Eva Gonzalès?) (Clark Art Institute).
  4. 1876View in the Lower Church of San Francesco in Assisi (Clark Art Institute).
  5. 1881Leland Stanford Jr. (Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University).
  6. 1885Study of a male head (National Museum in Warsaw).
  7. 1889Portrait of Madame Edgard Stern (Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris).
  8. 1893The Artist's Gardener (Clark Art Institute).
  9. 1896Portrait of Emily Warren Roebling digitised by Internet Archive.
  10. 1900[Carolus-Duran dans son atelier] / [non identifié] digitised by Internet Archive.
  11. 1902La Vie Illustrée Journal [...] Bd 6t 512178975 digitised by Internet Archive.
  12. 1917Carolus-Duran died at 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Carolus-Duran, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Carolus-Duran, Emile Auguste, (1838–18 Feb. 1917), painter, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Carolus-Duran, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Carolus-Duran, Pauline Marie Charlotte (Mme), Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 116457775, Carolus-Duran, Emile Auguste.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  6. 6.

    Getty Union List of Artist Names 500115346, Carolus-Duran.

    authority file · Unverified · The Getty Research Institute

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 5 digitised items catalogued under Carolus-Duran as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Carolus-Duran.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  9. 9.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Carolus-Duran (5 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q274901: Carolus-Duran

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  11. 11.

    “Carolus-Duran”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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