Léon Germain Pelouse

Léon Germain Pelouse (1 October 1838 – 31 July 1891) was a self-taught French painter born in Pierrelaye (Val-d'oise, France).[1] At sixteen, he began working as traveling salesman. He began painting when he was twenty, as he was serving in the French army as a conscript.[2] His professional painting career began at twenty-seven, with the exhibition of his Les Environs de Précy (Near Précy) at the Salon de Paris of 1865.[3] Despite severe criticism, he continued painting. He moved to Brittany, and there, inspired by nature around Pont-Aven and Rochefort-en-Terre, Pelouse painted landscapes which were exhibited at the Salon de Paris in the following years. He received his first medal in 1873 for Vallée de Cernay (Cernay Valley).[4] He finally gained success and critical approval. The French government bought many of his works which are now in the holdings of museums including the Musée d'Orsay,[5] the Musée Malraux, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes.[6]

Léon Germain Pelouse in his atelier, painted by Émile-Louis Foubert in 1891, the year Pelouse died.

References
Les Premieres Feuilles
Grandcamp at low tide, 1884
  1. Champlin, "Pelouse, Léon Germain"
  2. Grand Palais, p.148.
  3. Fresneau, p. 99.
  4. Jules Claretie, Peintres et sculpteurs contemporains, Paris, Charpentier, 1874, p. xi.
  5. Musée d'Orsay, Aux couleurs de la mer : Paris, Musée d'Orsay, 6 novembre 1999-16 janvier 2000. , Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1999, p. 65.
  6. "Pelouse Léon Germain", Portail des collections des musées de France, Paris, Joconde, 2013

Further reading
  • Champlin, John Denison, Cyclopedia of painters and paintings, New York, Scribner, 1892.
  • Fresneau, Estelle, Pont-Aven : du paysage à l'œuvre. ,Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven, 2007.
  • Grand Palais, Le Musee du Luxembourg en 1874. Peintures., Paris, Grand Palais, 1974.
  • "website dedicated to Pelouse". Retrieved June 30, 2020.


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