Adrien-Louis Demont Adrien Demont, born October 25, 1851 in Douai, and died October 25, 1928 in Wissant; French painter. After studying law, he devoted himself to painting, especially landscapes. His first artistic training was in Douai, he collaborated with Émile Breton, and in 1871 met Jean-Baptiste Corot who came to the region of Douai. Demont then went to Paris, where he worked in the workshop of Joseph Blanc. In 1880, he married the daughter of the painter Jules Breton, who henceforth bore the name of Virginie Demont-Breton. The couple settled in Montgeron, but in 1881 they discovered the village of Wissant on the Côte d'Opale between Blanc-Nez and Gris-Nez, where they later went to live, building a neo-Egyptian villa, Typhonium, in 1891. With his wife, he painted the moors and fishermen of Wissant. A circle of students formed around them, among them Georges Maroniez, Fernand Stiévenart and Henri Duhem of Douai and Félix Planquette of Arras. These artists met at the École de Wissant, circa 1890 until the First World War. In 1905, Dimont was named Rosati d'honneur. In 1927 Adrien Demont published in Arras a book of memories: Souvenances: Walks through my life, filled with information about life in the north of France, and about the artistic community. Works by Adrien Demont are kept at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, at the Museum of Fine Arts in Arras, and in the museums of Douai, Saint-Omer, Valenciennes and Évreux. (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Demont) undefined

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