Pierre Louis Rodolphe Julian (13 June 1839 – 2 February 1907) born in Lapalud southeastern France was a French painter, etcher and professor, founder and director of the in Paris.Benezit Dictionary of Artists The writer André Corthis (1882–1952), winner of the 1906 edition of the Prix Femina was his niece.
Biography Julian worked as an employee in a bookstore in Marseille. He was interested in sports, particularly wrestling. Julian went to Paris, where he became a student of Léon Cogniet and Alexandre Cabanel, professor at the École des Beaux-Arts, without being enrolled there.Agorha.inha.fr, Dictionnaire élèves des Beaux arts
In 1863 he exhibited for the first time in the salons.(fr)Rodolphe Julian, Gallica.Bnf, French archives
He married the painter Amélie Beaury-Saurel in 1895.
The challenges that he faced when in Paris led him to found in 1868, a private art academy, the who also offered training to foreign artists and women who had little access to the official academy. The purpose was to prepare students for entry to the .Fehrer, Catherine. "Women at the Academie Julian in Paris."Burlington Magazine Nov 1994:752–757. Web. 14 Apr 2010.
Julian was described by the Anglo-Irish novelist and critic George Moore as "a kind of Hercules, dark-haired, strong, with broad shoulders, short legs, a soft voice and all the charm of the Midi".The New York Times, John Russel: "An Art School That Also Taught Life", March 19, 1989
Collections San Francisco De Young (museum)FAMSF.org British Museum British museum, Drawings
Award For his services to the arts, Rodolphe Julian Legion of Honour en 1881.
Bibliography Léon Cladel; Jean-Pierre Deloux; Rodolphe Julian: "Ompdrailles : le tombeau-des-lutteurs", () celebrating fighting tournaments practiced in Lapalud (Vaucluse), Julian's birthplace Worldcat Martine Hérold: L'Académie Julian à cents ans. 1968 (in French). Catherine Fehrer; New Light on the Académie Julian and its founder (Rodolphe Julian). In: La Gazette des Beaux-Arts 6. Pér. 103, 1984 Worldcat
See also
Students Blanche Ostertag, an American decorative artist Marie Bashkirtseff, painter
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