Daniel de Monfreid
(1856–1929) French painter and art collector (1856-1929)
Daniel de Monfreid (France, 1856–1929) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a ceramicist. By year of birth, Daniel de Monfreid belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
Daniel de Monfreid was born in New York City and died in Corneilla-de-Conflent. Daniel de Monfreid trained at Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi. Wikidata associates Daniel de Monfreid with pointillism and Les Nabis.
The best-known works include ‘Homme à la chemise bleue, portrait de l'artiste’, ‘Portrait de Victor Segalen’, ‘Workshop Inside with a Siamese She-cat’, and ‘Still-life Bouquet of mimosa’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 12 works by Daniel de Monfreid with free images. The dated works span the years 1887–1925. Works by Daniel de Monfreid are held by several collections, among them Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Musée Hyacinthe-Rigaud, Musée d’Orsay, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alexandre Louis Marie Charpentier, Charles Maurin, Hermann Vogel, François Flameng, and Friedrich Kallmorgen.