Louise Danse

Louise Danse
Marie-Louise Danse
Born	(1867-04-02)2 April 1867 Saint-Gilles, Belgium
Died	25 May 1948(1948-05-25) (aged 81) Saint-Gilles
Known for	Painting, etching
Spouse	Robert Sand

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

Life and work

She was the daughter of the engraver 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.

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

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.