The Village Pathway by Édouard Debat-Ponsan (25 April 1847 – 29 January 1913) signed lower corner oil painting on board, unframed board: 5.5 x 8.5 inches provenance: private collection condition: sound condition but a little tatty and scuffed surface. Debat-Ponsan was born in Toulouse. His younger brother was organist and composer Georges Debat-Ponsan, best known for his organ work Scherzo Symphonique. A pupil of Cabanel, he was famous for his portraits of wealthy citizens and politicians in Paris, paintings of ancient history and scenes of peasant life. As a Republican and veteran of the War of 1870, Debat-Ponsan engaged in the struggle for rehabilitation of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, he exhibited his allegorical painting Vérité sortant du puits (Truth coming out of the well) at the 1898 Salon, later offered to Émile Zola. In 1877 he travelled to Italy thanks to a sum of 4,000 francs which was granted to him by the academy. There he saw different painting works, after which he began to paint portraits. In 1882–1883 he made a trip to Istanbul accompanied by his two brothers-in-law, Jules-Arsène Garnier and Henri-Eugène Delacroix (not to be confused with Eugène Delacroix). This trip inspired one of his most celebrated works, Le Massage, Scène de Hammam (The Massage at the Hamman; 1883) now in the Museum of Augustins in Toulouse. He was father of the architect and Grand Prix de Rome winner in 1912, Jacques Debat-Ponsan, and grandfather of Michel Debré, who became Prime Minister under General Charles de Gaulle and was one of the drafters of the Fifth Republic. Other descendants include the politician Jean-Louis Debré. His daughter Jeanne Debat-Ponsan married Robert Debré founder of modern paediatrics in France (see Debré family). His grandson was Michel Debré, who was Prime Minister of France. Debat-Ponsan died in Paris on 29 January 1913.

Details: Creator:
Édouard Debat-Ponsan (1847 - 1913, French)
Dimensions:
Height: 13.97 cm (5.5 in)Width: 21.59 cm (8.5 in)
Medium:
Oil
Movement & Style:
Impressionist
Period:
19th Century
Condition:
Fair


Reserve: $628.00

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