Art, literature & historyJEUNE HOMME DEBOUT
Maximilien Luce · 4e quart 19e siècle
Maximilien Luce: 1858–1941
Other names (3)
Luce, Maximilian Luce, Maximillian Luce
Biography
Maximilien Luce (French pronunciation: [maksimiljɛ̃ lys]; 13 March 1858–6 February 1941) was a French Neo-impressionist artist known for his paintings, graphic art, and his anarchist activism. Starting as a wood-engraver, he subsequently concentrated on painting, first as an Impressionist, then as a Pointillist, and finally returning to Impressionism.
Maximilien-Jules-Constant Luce was born on 13 March 1858 in Paris. His parents, of modest means, were Charles-Désiré Luce (1823–1888), a railway clerk, and Louise-Joséphine Dunas (1822–1878). The family lived in the Montparnasse, a working-class district of Paris. Luce attended school at l'Ecole communale, beginning in 1864.
In 1872, the 14 year-old Luce became an apprentice with wood-engraver Henri Théophile Hildebrand (1824–1897). During his three-year xylography apprenticeship, he also took night classes in drawing from instructors Truffet and Jules-Ernest Paris (1827–1895). During this period, Luce started painting in oils. He moved with his family to the southern Paris suburb of Montrouge.
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Influenced by
- Diogene Ulyssee Napoleon Maillarteditorial inference
Evidence
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Later influence
- Léo Gaussoneditorial inference
Evidence
Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Maximilien Luce. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- musée de l'hôtel-Dieu — Mantes-la-Jolie80 recorded works
- musée Girodet — Montargis27 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Rennes11 recorded works
- musée d'art et d'histoire Paul Eluard — Saint-Denis10 recorded works
- Musée d’Orsay8 recorded works
- musée Gatien Bonnet — Lagny-sur-Marne6 recorded works
- L’Annonciade, musée d’art moderne de Saint-Tropez — Saint-Tropez4 recorded works
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris4 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon4 recorded works
- musée Lambinet — Versailles3 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art3 recorded works
- château de Sceaux, musée départemental — Sceaux2 recorded works
- Minneapolis Institute of Art2 recorded works
- musée départemental Maurice Denis — Saint-Germain-en-Laye2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Rouen2 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art2 recorded works
- A. G. Leventis Gallery1 recorded work
- Art Institute of Chicago1 recorded work
- Finnish National Gallery1 recorded work
- Les Pêcheries, musée de Fécamp — Fécamp1 recorded work
- musée d'art et d'histoire — Meudon1 recorded work
- musée d'Art Moderne — Troyes1 recorded work
- Musée de Grenoble1 recorded work
- musée départemental d'art ancien et contemporain — Epinal1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Dijon1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Vannes1 recorded work
- musée Richard Anacréon — Granville1 recorded work
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)1 recorded work
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- Wikidata (CC0)
- SMK SARA creator nationality review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- L’Annonciade, musée d’art moderne de Saint-Tropez — Saint-Tropez
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- SMK SARA creator nationality review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)