LUCIEN SIMON PAINTINGS FOR SALE & BIOGRAPHY
LUCIEN SIMON
French, 1861-1945
BIOGRAPHY
Lucien Simon, who was born in Paris, was the son of a doctor and considered both medicine and literature before pursuing art at the Académie Julian. He studied under William Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. His specialty was provincial views, particularly in Brittany and he exhibited for the first time at the Paris Salon in 1883. In 1890, Simon married Jeanne Dauchez, whose brother was the painter André Dauchez (1870-1948). By 1900, Simon’s reputation was firmly established and he won a gold medal in that year at the Exposition Universelle. He also exhibited in Munich, Barcelona, Pittsburgh, and at the Biennale in Venice in 1912, alongside Jacques-Emile Blanche. In 1916, Simon became Director of the Musée Jacquemart-André. From 1931 until 1934 he exhibited at the Royal Academy in London; and in 1937 was awarded the Grand Prix at the Exposition Internationale. Further accolades for Lucien Simon included being elected an officer of the Légion d’Honneur in 1911 and a member of the Institut de France in 1927.
Museum Collections:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Musée d’Unterlinden, Colmar
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
McLean Museum and Art Gallery, Greenock
National Museum of Finland, Helsinki
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyons
Stattliche Kunsthalle, Mannheim
Pushkin Museum, Moscow
Musée Carnavalet, Paris
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Musée du Petit Palais, Paris
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Quimper
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
