Adolphe Léon Willette

Adolphe Léon Willette
Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain

(1857–1926) French artist (1857-1926)

Adolphe Léon Willette (France, 1857–1926) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, a draughtsman, and a designer. By year of birth, Adolphe Léon Willette belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Adolphe Léon Willette was born in Châlons-en-Champagne and died in rue Lacroix. Adolphe Léon Willette trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and Lycée Carnot. Adolphe Léon Willette worked in rue Véron. Adolphe Léon Willette became a member of Les Hydropathes. Adolphe Léon Willette was awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour.

The catalogue has 7 works by Adolphe Léon Willette with free images. The dated works span the years 1881–1915. Works by Adolphe Léon Willette are held by several collections, among them David E. Weisman and Jacqueline E. Michel Collection, Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Musée Carnavalet, and Vanderbilt Museum of Art.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Darío de Regoyos, Antonio Herrera Toro, Louis Abel-Truchet, Étienne Terrus, and Reinhold Lepsius.