Duran

Duran, EMILE AUGUSTE CAROLUS, painter, was born at Lille, 4th July 1837. In 1853 he began to study in Paris; in 1861 he went to Rome; and afterwards spent some time in Spain, where his style was powerfully influenced by Velasquez. For 'L'Assassiné' (1866) he gained his first medal; and in 1878 he exhibited his design—'Gloria Mariæ Medicis'—for a ceiling in the Luxembourg. Duran, however, is most widely known by portraiture, which is distinguished by great vigour, force of colouring, and power of direct realism. Among his portraits may be named those of Emile Girardin and Pasteur, and an equestrian one of Middle Croizette. He is also a most successful teacher.