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Lucien Joseph Simon[1] (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.[2]
In 1891, he married the painter
Jeanne Dauchez,[3] the sister of
André Dauchez (1870–1948), and became infatuated with the scenery and peasant life of her native
Brittany.
In 1937 he won First Prize at "l’Exposition universelle de Paris" for his work on the
Luxembourg pavilion.
Paul Simon [
fr] (1892–1979), the son of Lucien and Jeanne (who was also a painter), was a noted animal sculptor.[6]
A portrait of Lucien Simon, painted by Charles Cottet in 1907, hangs in the
Musée d'Orsay in
Paris.[7]
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.[8]