Louise Danse

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

Louise Danse
Marie-Louise Danse
Born	April 2, 1867 Saint-Gilles
Died	May 25, 1948 (aged 81) Saint-Gilles
Nationality	Belgium
Known for	Painting Etching
Spouse(s)	Robert Sand

Life and work

She was the daughter of the painter Auguste Danse 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

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  Louise Danse, Portrait d'Auguste Danse, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Jeune fille dessinant, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Le géographe, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Hiver (Jardin), Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Sans titre, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Iris, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Capri (Villa de Tibère), Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, La fontaine des jardins Borghèse, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Un pélerinage, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Portrait de Melle H. Dethier, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Rio di Sant'Angelo, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Orchidées, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Santa Maria, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, L'abbaye de la Cambre, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Piazza Siena, Villa Borghèse, Rome, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Eglise Sainte Gudule à Bruxelles, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Le diable; chimères de Notre-Dame de Paris, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Portrait de Louise Artan, peintre (1837-1890), Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Le quadrige de Saint Marc, à Venise, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Les toits de l'église Sainte Gudule à Bruxelles, Royal Library of Belgium
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  Louise Danse, Portrait d'une femme, Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp
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  Louise Danse, Femme lisant, Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp

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.