Paul Helleu

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Paul Helleu was a French painter and master drypoint etcher celebrated for his elegant Belle Époque society portraits, particularly of fashionable women.

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Paul César Helleu 2
Paul Helleu canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drypoint etcher
etcher
human
painter
portrait artist
activePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
artisticTechnique drypoint etching
oil painting
pastel drawing
birthName Paul Helleu self-link
surface form: Paul César Helleu
child Jean Helleu
closeFriend Giovanni Boldini
James McNeill Whistler
John Singer Sargent
countryOfBirth France
countryOfCitizenship France
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1859-12-17
dateOfDeath 1927-03-23
depicted Belle Époque
surface form: Belle Époque high society

fashionable Parisian women
educatedAt École des Beaux-Arts
genre fashion portrait
portrait
society portrait
influencedBy 17th-century portraiture
Diego Velázquez
James McNeill Whistler
movement Belle Époque
notableFor elegant portraits of fashionable women
mastery of drypoint etching
notableWork Ceiling decoration of Grand Central Terminal, New York (constellation design)
Portraits of Alice Helleu
Portraits of Consuelo Vanderbilt
Portraits of the Duchess of Marlborough
occupation etcher
illustrator
painter
printmaker
placeOfBirth Vannes
placeOfDeath Paris
spouse Alice Guérin Helleu
studiedUnder Jean-Léon Gérôme
styleCharacteristic elegant linear draftsmanship
refined depiction of fabrics and gesture
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

New York City
Paris

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Main Concourse ceilingArtist Paul Helleu
this entity surface form: Paul César Helleu
Paul Helleu birthName Paul Helleu self-link
subject surface form: Paul César Helleu
this entity surface form: Paul César Helleu