Louise Danse

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Louise Danse
Marie-Louise Danse
Born(1867-04-02)April 2, 1867
Saint-Gilles
DiedMay 25, 1948(1948-05-25) (aged 81)
Saint-Gilles
NationalityBelgium
Known forPainting
Etching
Spouse(s)Robert Sand

Louise Danse (1867 – 1948) was a Belgian painter.[1]

Life and work[]

She was the daughter of the painter who was her first teacher. Her sister Marie Danse was also a painter. Her mother was the sister of the painter Constantin Meunier. Louise was a painter but is better known for her etchings, which were published by her husband, the publisher Robert Sand (1876-1936).

Her etching Portrait of Mlle. Dethier, was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[2]

She became a founding member of the Brussels graphic artist collective L’Estampe in 1906, along with her sister Marie and her husband, who became the group's secretary.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ^ Piette & Rassart-Debergh 2006, pp. 133–134
  2. ^ Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905

Bibliography[]

  • Piette, Valérie; Rassart-Debergh, Marguerite (2006). "Danse, Louise". In Gubin, Éliane (ed.). Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles [Dictionary of Belgian women: nineteenth and twentieth centuries] (in French). Brussels: Éditions Racine. pp. 133–134. ISBN 2-87386-434-6.
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