In his last year of life he was awarded the prestigious Prix Antoine-Quinson from the Salon de Vincennes. In 1901 he contributed a dramatic Parisian street scene at dusk to the Salon des Artistes Francais, which brought him immediate fame. As an adolescent, he became fascinated with the arts and at seventeen began his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His works were first exhibited in North America in 1945 and he subsequently achieved even greater success. EDOUARD LEON CORTES (1882-1969) Edouard Leon Cortes, of French and Spanish ancestry, was born in 1882. Once, in responding to a journalist who asked if he was a student of Luigi Loir, he replied in pun: “Non, elève de lui tout seul.” (“No, a student of myself only.”) His first exhibition in 1901 brought him immediate recognition.
He died on November 28, 1969, in Lagny, and has a street named in his honor.Īt the age of 17, Edouard began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His wife had died in 1918 and he soon married his sister-in-law Lucienne Joyeuse.Ĭortès lived a simple life amid a close circle of friends. Later in life his convictions led him to refuse the Légion d’Honneur from the French Government. John George Rauch, Sr., Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1940. After recovery he was the reassigned to utilize his artistic talent to sketch enemy positions. Edouard Cortés (French, 1882-1969) Les Champs-Élysées signed EDOUARD CORTÉS. As a contact agent Cortès was wounded by a bayonet, evacuated to a military hospital, and awarded the Croix de Guerre. In 1914 Cortès married Fernande Joyeuse, with whom he had a daughter in 1916.Īlthough Cortès was a pacifist, when war came close to his native village he was compelled to enlist in a French Infantry Regiment at the age of 32. His father, Antonio Cortès, had been a painter for the Spanish Royal Court. Paris, La Place de la Republique (1919), sold at auction for 112,500 in 2014, depicts people strolling on the boulevard on. Artists Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to. Anonymous sale Sothebys, New York, 22 February 1989, lot 171, where acquired by the family of the present owner. Cortes was born on August 8, 1882, in Lagny-sur-Marne, about twenty miles east of Paris. French artist Edouard Lon Corts is regarded for his Impressionist oil paintings capturing romantic scenes of Parisian life. (lower left) oil on canvas, unframed 46.5 x 92 cm.
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