Édouard Leon Cortès (1882–1969) was a Post-Impressionist painter who was of French and Spanish ancestry. His passion as an artist began early in life. His father, Antonio Cortes Cordero, had been a painter for the Royal Court of Spain and likely served as an inspiration to the young Cortes. He studied painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and in the year 1901 he had his first exhibition. Cortes’ paintings were well received and he went on to have a very successful career as an artist. He is most well known for his beautiful and diverse depictions of Parisian cityscapes; he was dubbed “Le Poete Parisien de la Peinture” or “the Parisian Poet of Painting”.
Paintings by Edouard Cortes in Chronological Order:
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| Lamp Effect, 1903 | Paris Evening, 1905 | St.Denis, 1905 |
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| Quay du Louvre, c.1925 | Avenue De L’Opera | Booksellers along the Seine |
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| Boulevard a Paris | Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, Porte St. Denis | Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle, Paris |
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| Boulevard de la Madeleine | Boulevard de la Madeleine | Boulevard des Italians |
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| Boulevard des Сapucines | Boulevard des Сapucines | Boulevard des Сapucines |
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| Boulevard et la Porte St.Denis | Caf de la Paix, Paris | Caf de la Paix, Paris |
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| Champs-Élysées | Champs-Élysées | Champs-Élysées |
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| Chatelet | Chatelet in Winter | Concorde and Rue Royale |
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| Effect of sunlight on Notre Dame | Flower Market At La Madeleine | Flower Market At La Madeleine |
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| Flower Market At La Madeleine | Flower Seller at La Madeleine | Flower Stalls at La Madeleine |
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| Fountain on Place de la Concorde | La Madeleine in crepuscule look from Boulevard | La Madeleine, winter |
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| La Place de la Bastille, Paris | Les Grands Boulevards | Les Halles |
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| Madeleine and Rue Royale, Paris | New Bridge, Paris | North Station |
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| Notre Dame | Notre Dame, St. Michael, under the snow | Omnibus on the Place de la Madeleine |
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| Opera, Paris | Paris, Place de la Republique | Place de Clichy in Winter |
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| Place de la Bastille | Place de la Concorde | Place de la Madeleine |
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| Place de la Republique | Place de la Republique | Place de la Republique, Clichi |
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| Place de l’Opera | Place du Chatelet | Place du Tertre |
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| Place Pigalle, Winter Evening | Place Saint Michel, Christmas | Place Saint Michel, Notre Dame |
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| Place Vendome Soir Paris | Place from a knoll Sacred Heart | Pont Alexander III |
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| Quai de la Siene | Quai de Montebello | Quay du Louvre, Winter |
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| Railway Ballast | Royal Street, Consent | Rue de la Paix, Rain |
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| Rue de Rivoli | Rue Dulm Pantheon | Rue Royale Concorde |
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| Sacred Heart of Paris | St.Denis | St.Martin |
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| St.Martin | St.Martin, Spring | St.Martin, Winter |
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| Station De L’Est | The Ferryman | The Grands Boulevards Porte and Port Denis Martin |
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| The Lido Champs Elysees | The Pantheon | The Porte Saint Martin |
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| The Triumphal Arc, Winter | The theater of the Comedie Francaise | Theatre du Chatelet |
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| Theatre du Vaudeville | Tournelles Dock | Tower Saint Jacques |
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| Triumphal Arch | Triumphal Arch | Tuileries Garden |
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| Tuileries Garden | View of the Street Rivoli and Notre Dame | Waiting for The Practice |
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| Winter evening |