Maximilien-Jules-Constant Luce (13 March 1858, Paris – 6 February 1941); prolific French Neo-impressionist artist, known for his paintings, illustrations, engravings, and graphic art, and also for his anarchist activism. Starting as an engraver, he then concentrated on painting, first as an Impressionist, then as a Pointillist, and finally returning to Impressionism. His parents, of modest means, were Charles-Désiré Luce, a railway clerk, and Louise-Joséphine Dunas. 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. During his 3-year xylography apprenticeship, he also took night classes in drawing from instructors Truffet and Jules-Ernest Paris. During this period, Luce started painting in oils. He moved with his family to the southern Paris suburb of Montrouge. His art education continued as he attended drawing classes taught by Diogène Maillard at the Gobelins tapestry factory. Luce began working in the studio of Eugène Froment in 1876, producing woodcut prints for various publications, including L'Illustration and London's The Graphic. He took additional art courses, at l'Académie Suisse, and also in the studio of portrait painter Carolus-Duran. Through Froment's studio, Luce became friends with Léo Gausson and Émile-Gustave Cavallo-Péduzzi. These three artists spent time around Lagny-sur-Marne creating Impressionist landscapes.... The prevalence of the new zincography printing process rendered xylography nearly obsolete as a profession. When the opportunities for employment as an engraver became scarce, Luce shifted his focus to painting full-time in about 1883.... Luce was among the most productive of the Neo-impressionists, creating over 2000 oil paintings, a comparably large number of watercolors, gouaches, pastels, and... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien_Luce) undefined

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