{{Short description|French painter and teacher (1861–1945)}} {{expand French|topic=bio|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Lucien Simon | image = Lucien Simon- 027259-D 006408.jpg | birth_name = Lucien Joseph Simon | birth_date = 18 July 1861 | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = 13 October 1945 (aged 84) | death_place = Combrit, France | education = Lycée Louis-le-Grand<br />Académie Julian | spouse = Jeanne Simon }}

'''Lucien Joseph Simon'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/fineart/european.htm |title=University of Dundee Fine Art Collection: European Art Index |access-date=April 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104200218/http://www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/fineart/european.htm |archive-date=January 4, 2009 }}</ref> (1861 – 1945) was a French painter and teacher born in Paris.

==Early life and education== Simon was born in Paris. After graduating from the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, he studied painting at the studio of Jules Didier, then from 1880 to 1883 at l’Académie Julian.<ref>(fr)[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62270220/f91.image.r=%22Acad%C3%A9mie%20Julian%22?rk=1330478;4 Gallica.bnf, Musée des beaux-arts : catalogue / Ville de Liège]</ref>

== Career == He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais from 1891, and at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.

In 1891, he married the painter Jeanne Dauchez,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.porkopolis.org/art-museum/artist-index/lucien-simon/ |title=Simon, Lucien |website=Porkopolis.org |date=2016-06-24 |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> the sister of André Dauchez (1870–1948), and became infatuated with the scenery and peasant life of her native Brittany.

In 1895, he met Charles Cottet and became a member of his Bande noire or "Nubians", along with Dauchez, René-Xavier Prinet, Edmond Aman-Jean and Émile-René Ménard, employing the principles of Impressionism but in darker tones.<ref name="adventures">{{cite web|author=|url=https://adventuresintheprinttrade.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html |title=Adventures in the Print Trade: September 2009 |website=Adventuresintheprinttrade.blogspot.com |date= |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref>

He was one of the founding teachers at Martha Stettler and Alice Dannenberg's Académie de la Grande Chaumière in 1902. He also taught at the Académie Colarossi around the same time, as well as taking private students.

He taught at École Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1923 and elected to its Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1929, a position he held for 13 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historic-marine-france.com/huile/simon.htm |title=Simon lucien peintre officiel de la marine, vente d oeuvres, huile, aquarelles, dessins, achat |website=Historic-marine-france.com |date= |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref>

In 1937 he won First Prize at "l’Exposition universelle de Paris" for his work on the Luxembourg pavilion.

{{ill|Paul Simon (sculptor)|fr|Paul Simon (sculpteur)|lt=Paul Simon}} (1892–1979), the son of Lucien and Jeanne (who was also a painter), was a noted animal sculptor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paulsimon.fr/biographie_GB/biographie_gb.html |title=Paul Simon, sculpteur animalier, portraitiste et décorateur : English biography |website=Paulsimon.fr |date=1926-09-17 |access-date=2016-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622215756/http://www.paulsimon.fr/biographie_GB/biographie_gb.html |archive-date=2016-06-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A portrait of Lucien Simon, painted by Charles Cottet in 1907, hangs in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artchive.com/web_gallery/C/Charles-Cottet/Portrait-of-Lucien-Simon-(1864-1945)-1907.html |title=Portrait of Lucien Simon (1864-1945) 1907 reproduction by Charles Cottet |website=Artchive.com |date= |access-date=2016-06-30 |archive-date=2015-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174945/http://www.artchive.com/web_gallery/C/Charles-Cottet/Portrait-of-Lucien-Simon-(1864-1945)-1907.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He died in 1945 in Combrit. In 2002 there was an exhibition at the Galerie Philippe Heim in Paris devoted to the work of Paul, Lucien and Jeanne Simon.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41426858p|title=Lucien, Jeanne et Paul Simon : une famille d'artistes exposition, Paris, Galerie Philippe Heim, 22 mars-20 avril 2002|last1=Doridou-Heim|first1=Anne|last2=Galerie Philippe Heim|date=2002|publisher=Galerie Philippe Heim|location=Paris}}</ref>

==Selected paintings== <gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> Lucien Simon, 1901 - Fin de repas à Kergaït.jpg|''Fin de repas à Kergaït'' (1901) Lucien Simon, 1904 - Soirée à l'Atelier.jpg|''Soirée à l'Atelier'' (1904) Lucien Simon, 1908 - Autoportrait.jpg|A self-portrait of 1908 Lucien Simon, 1924c - Le Ramassage du goémon.jpg|''Le Ramassage du goémon'' (1924) File:'A Gust of Wind' by Lucien Simon, Pushkin Museum.JPG|''A Gust of Wind'' in the Pushkin Museum File:Lucien Simon - Procession au pardon de Sainte-Anne-la-Palud.jpg|''Procession au pardon de Sainte-Anne-la-Palud'' </gallery>

==Notable students== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *Frank Armington *{{ill|Rene Aubert|fr}} *Manuel Azadigian *Patrick Bakker *Yves Brayer *A.M. Cassandre *Grace Evelyn Chapman<ref>{{cite web|author=database and e-research tool for art and design researchers |url=http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/1548 |title=Grace Evelyn Chapman biography at Design and Art Australia Online |website=Daao.org.au |date= 14 November 2007|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> *William H. Clapp<ref>Boas, Nancy, ''Society of Six'', {{ISBN|978-0-520-21055-4}}</ref> *Alice Dannenberg *Bessie Davidson<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au/cv/Davidson_Bessie_CV_0703.htm |title=Bessie Davidson - Biography |website=www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060831203123/http://www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au/cv/Davidson_Bessie_CV_0703.htm |archive-date=31 August 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *Lucille Douglass<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4113/is_200607/ai_n17177456/ |title=CBSi |website=FindArticles.com |date= |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> *Jean Dries *Lucien Fontanarosa<ref name="adventures"/> *Agnes Noyes Goodsir<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/g_body.htm |title=Women of History - G |website=Abitofhistory.net |date= |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> *Victor Higgins *{{ill|Kamesuke Hiraga|fr}} *Edwin Holgate *Yvonne Housser *Robert Humblot (1907-1962)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roberthumblot.com/SITE/bio.html |title=Robert HUMBLOT |website=www.roberthumblot.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020111043113/http://www.roberthumblot.com/SITE/bio.html |archive-date=11 January 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *Henri Jannot (1909-2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://serdar-hizli-art.com/modern_painting/jannot_henri.htm |title=Jannot, Henri |website=Serdar-hizli-art.com |date= |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> *Friederike Koch-Langentreu (1866-1941)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srnafinearts.at/index2.php?site%3Dimage%26id%3D203 |title=Kunsthandel Mag. Manfred Srna - Österreichische Gemälde des 19. Und 20. Jahrhunderts |access-date=April 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706094539/http://www.srnafinearts.at/index2.php?site=image&id=203 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 }}</ref> *Lul Krag<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Lul_Krag/utdypning |title=Lul Krag – Norsk biografisk leksikon |website=Snl.no |date= |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> *Bernard Lamotte *Lowes Dalbiac Luard *Florence Helena McGillivray *Kay Nielsen * Børge Christoffer Nyrop (1881-1948)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rosekamp.dk/Weilweb/N.htm#Nyrop__Børge_Christoffer |title=Weilbachs Künstlerlexikon |website=rosekamp.dk |date= |access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref> *Pan Yuliang *Ambrose McCarthy Patterson *Alfred Pellan *Elenore Plaisted Abbott *Elena Popea *Steffi Reiner-Gartenberg (1885-1969)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onb.ac.at/ariadne/vfb/bt_fk_malschulen.htm |title=Malschulen von und für Frauen in Österreich |website=Onb.ac.at |access-date=2016-06-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601172357/http://www.onb.ac.at/ariadne/vfb/bt_fk_malschulen.htm |archive-date=2016-06-01 }}</ref> *Mary Rogers *{{ill|Georges Rohner|fr}}<ref name="adventures"/> *Manuel Ros (1882-1961)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.safran-arts.com/42day/art/art4jan/art0109.html |title=ART / 4 / 2DAY |website=Safran-arts.com |date= |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> *Amrita Sher-Gil *{{ill|Henry Simon (painter)|fr|Henry Simon (peintre)|lt=Henry Simon}} *Boris Smirnoff *Martha Stettler *Dorothy Stevens<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=159 |title=Canadian Women Artists History Initiative : Artist Database : Artists : STEVENS, Dorothy |website=Cwahi.concordia.ca |date= |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> *Helena Sturtevant (1872-1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redwoodlibrary.org/tower/frame11.htm |title=Old Stone Mill Images |access-date=April 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616010757/http://www.redwoodlibrary.org/tower/frame11.htm |archive-date=June 16, 2011 }}</ref> *Mary Swanzy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.int/events/pdf/art/Ireland.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629091910/http://www.ecb.int/events/pdf/art/Ireland.pdf |archive-date=June 29, 2011 }}</ref> *Sydney Thompson *Marie Tuck<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/752193 |title=Jeffrey Smart talks on the Australian Eye series [sound recording&#93; / produced by Film Australia &#124; National Library of Australia |website=Catalogue.nla.gov.au |date=1982-06-21 |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> *Anna Milo Upjohn *Martha Walter *John Weygandt (1869-1951)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/askart/w/john_h_weygandt/john_h_weygandt.aspx |title=John Weygandt - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for John Weygandt |website=Askart.com |date= |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> {{div col end}}

==References== [[File:Bañistas - Lucien Simon.jpg|thumb|''Bañistas'' in the Argentine Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes]] {{reflist}}

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