Julien Adolphe Duvocelle studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Duvocelle made his debut at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1897, gaining an honourable mention that year and a third class medal the year after, and he continued to exhibit there regularly until 1927.
After the First World War, his work suffered a decline in popularity. He was unable to exhibit his paintings after 1927, and found himself struggling to survive as an artist. His most interesting works are the skulls and skeletons he painted with the melancholy and horror of Symbolism in the 1890’s and early 1900’s. Unknown and forgotten, the artist died in complete obscurity in a Parisian suburb in 1961.
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Julien Adolphe Duvocelle studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Duvocelle made his debut at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1897, gaining an honourable mention that year and a third class medal the year after, and he continued to exhibit there regularly until 1927.
After the First World War, his work suffered a decline in popularity. He was unable to exhibit his paintings after 1927, and found himself struggling to survive as an artist. His most interesting works are the skulls and skeletons he painted with the melancholy and horror of Symbolism in the 1890’s and early 1900’s. Unknown and forgotten, the artist died in complete obscurity in a Parisian suburb in 1961.