Jean-Émile Buland (25 October 1857, Paris – 15 February 1938, Paris) was a French painter, engraver, lithographer and illustrator.
Life and work He was born to Jean-Marie Buland (1825-1895), an engraver, and his wife from Luxembourg, Suzanne, née Wagener. His older brother, Jean-Eugène, was a painter.
In 1875, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied with the painter, Alexandre Cabanel, and the engraver, Louis-Pierre Henriquel-Dupont. In 1880, he won the Prix de Rome for engraving, and spent the years 1881 to 1884 studying at the villa Medici.Bulletin de la Ville de Paris, #25, 26 July 1880. In 1886, he married Louise Godefroy. They had one daughter.
He was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900, and a first-class medal at the Salon of 1901. Two years later, he was named a Knight in the Legion of Honor.Documentation @ the Base Léonore
In 1925, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, where he took Seat #2 for engraving, succeeding Charles Albert Waltner (deceased).René Édouard-Joseph, Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, tome 1, A-E, Art & Édition, 1930, pg.217. At the time of his death, he was Director of the , an artists' association
Most of his engravings are after 17th and 18th-century artists, but he also reproduced works by his contemporaries, such as and Georges Picard.
References
Further reading André Dauchez, Notice sur la vie et les œuvres d'Émile Buland, lue dans la séance de l'Institut de France le 17 février 1940, Paris, Institut de France, 1940. Armand Boutillier du Retail, Alphonse Defrasse, Philippe Mercier, "Documentation sur Jean-Émile Buland", In: L'Illustration, Paris, Larousse mensuel, 1938.
External links
Biographical data and references from the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques @ La France Savante