Delphin Enjolras
Illustration — Elegant Ladies Taking Tea Delphin Enjolras (1857 Coucouron –1945 Toulouse) was a French academic painter. Enjolras painted portraits, nudes, interiors, and used mostly watercolours, oil, and pastels. He is best known for his intimate portraits of young women performing mundane activities such as reading or sewing, often illuminated by lamplight.
Also recorded as d. enjolras · delphin de enjolras
Delphin Enjolras

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- Born
- 1865. · Coucouron.
- Died
- 1945. · Toulouse.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter, pastellist and watercolorist.
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris.
- Teachers
- Jean-Léon Gérôme and Gaston Gérard.
- Honours
- Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Elegant Ladies Taking Tea Delphin Enjolras (1857 Coucouron –1945 Toulouse) was a French academic painter. Enjolras painted portraits, nudes, interiors, and used mostly watercolours, oil, and pastels. He is best known for his intimate portraits of young women performing mundane activities such as reading or sewing, often illuminated by lamplight.
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Biography
Perhaps his most famous work is the "Young Woman Reading by a Window."
• Illustration — By the Piano He was born in Coucouron, Ardèche, son of Casimir Enjolras and Delphine Laurens. Enjolras studied under watercolorist Gaston Gérard at the "Ecole de Dessin de la Ville de Paris", as well as Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Beaux-Arts, and Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret. Enjolras painted mainly landscapes in his early career; later it became evident that his love was for painting women. He changed genres, focusing mainly on the portraiture of elegant young women by either lamplight or back lighting. He would become an excellent painter of nudes, and many of his later works, such as "La Sieste", are of an erotic and sensual nature. From 1890 and onwards, Enjolras exhibited his works at the Paris Salon, joining the Société des Artistes Français in 1901. Also, the Musée du Puy and Musée d'Avignon both have collections of his works.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — The Pearl Necklace • Illustration — The Lampions • Illustration — Elegant Lady • Illustration — A girl and a cigarette
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings d. enjolras and delphin de enjolras. His recorded language was French. Other recorded relations include Jean-Antoine Souteyran.
Identity
Identity
Delphin Enjolras is recorded with the occupation watercolorist. Recorded as painter, pastellist and watercolorist. Formation and teaching. Enjolras studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Gaston Gérard.
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1857
Delphin Enjolras was born on 13 May 1857.
1945
Delphin Enjolras died on 23 December 1945.
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