Edmond Jean de Pury
Edmond Jean de Pury | |
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 Portrait of de Pury by Alfred Lenglet | |
| Born | 6 March 1845 Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| Died | 7 November 1911 Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Education | École des Beaux-Arts |
| Occupation(s) | painter, engraver |
| Spouse | Marie Amélie Mathilde Wagniere |
| Children | 2 |
Baron Edmond Jean de Pury (6 March 1845 – 7 November 1911) was a Swiss painter and engraver.
Biography
[edit]De Pury was born on 6 March 1845 in Neuchâtel.[1][2] He was a member of a Prussian noble family and was a nephew of James-Ferdinand de Pury.[3]
He trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, studying painting and engraving.[2] While at school in Paris, he was a student of Charles Gleyre[2][3]
In a composite group portrait of students in Gleyre's atelier,[4] de Pury was painted in the nude by fellow student Alfred Lenglet. Another student, Paul Milliet, wrote of the image in his memoirs: "The fragment…shows the athletic torso of…de Pury. Alfred Lenglet's painting is solid and luminous, but to render completely the elegant vigor of the model would have required the chisel of a Greek sculptor."[5]
Although he painted landscapes, de Pury's main focus was portraiture.[2][6][7] He was best known for his Italalian figure paintings, mainly of working-class people of Rome, Capri, and Venice.[2] The highest price for one of his paintings was US$40,599 in 2007 for In the Lagoons of Venice.[1][8] His paintings were exhibited in Paris.[2] His portrait of Richard Wagner was completed two years before the composer's death.[2] His work is displayed in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Bern, the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Museum des Beaux-Arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds, the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève, and the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts.[9][2]
In 1889 de Pury was awarded a medal at the Exposition Universelle.[2]
He was married to Marie Amélie Mathilde Wagniere, who was also an artist.[2]
De Pury died on 7 November 1911 in Lausanne.[1][2][10]
Gallery of work
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Edmond Jean de Pury | Art Auction Results". www.mutualart.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Edmond Jean de Pury Roughton Gallery". www.roughtongalleries.com.
- ^ a b "Musée d'Ethnographie de Neuchâtel: James-Ferdinand de Pury détail". www.men.ch.
- ^ "Quarante-trois portraits de peintres de l'atelier Gleyre". www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr.
- ^ Milliet, Paul. Une famille de républicain fouriéristes: les Milliet, Volume 1, Paris: M. Giard & E. Brière, 1915, p. 251, with detail of image on p. 253.
- ^ "Edmond Jean (Baron) "de" Pury Paintings for Sale | Edmond Jean (Baron) "de" Pury Art Value Price Guide". www.invaluable.com.
- ^ "Edmond Jean de Pury | artnet". www.artnet.com.
- ^ "In the Lagoons of Venice by Edmond Jean de Pury". Pixels.
- ^ "Edmond Jean de Pury Paintings for Sale | Value Guide". Heritage Auctions.
- ^ "Jean Edmond Baron De Pury - Biography". www.askart.com.
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