beautifuldavinci: Charles Auguste Émile Durand, known as Carolus-Duran ( 1837 – 1917) Carolus-Duran was born inLille. He studied at the Lille Academy and then at theAcadémie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1861, he traveled to Italyand Spainfor further study, especially devoting himself to the pictures of Velázquez. His dramatic painting “Murdered, or The Assassination” (1866), was one of his first successes, and is now in the Lille museum. Carolus-Duran became best known as a portrait painter, and, as the head of one of the principalateliersin Paris, a teacher of some of the most brilliant artists of the next generation who were his pupils. His painting “Lady with the Glove” (1869), a portrait of his own wife, was bought for theMusée du Luxembourg in Paris.

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Charles Auguste Émile Durand, known as Carolus-Duran ( 1837 – 1917)

Carolus-Duran was born inLille. He studied at the Lille Academy and then at theAcadémie des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

In 1861, he traveled to Italyand Spainfor further study, especially devoting himself to the pictures of Velázquez. His dramatic painting “Murdered, or The Assassination” (1866), was one of his first successes, and is now in the Lille museum.

Carolus-Duran became best known as a portrait painter, and, as the head of one of the principalateliersin Paris, a teacher of some of the most brilliant artists of the next generation who were his pupils.

His painting “Lady with the Glove” (1869), a portrait of his own wife, was bought for theMusée du Luxembourg in Paris.