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What can be said with some degree of certainty, however, is that Edouard Cortès was an accomplished heir of Impressionism, notably in terms of his ability to render the effects of changing light and the passage of the seasons. The vast majority of paintings by Edouard Léon Cortès are cityscapes of Paris (a subject that would appear as inexhaustible as it is commercially viable). Berkin Arts Edouard Cortes Giclee Print On Canvas-Famous Paintings Fine Art Poster-Reproduction Wall Decor(Edouard Leon Cortes The Porte Saint Denis Paris). As a lifelong resident of Lagny, he also set up and presided over the Groupe de Lagny. Cortès was the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, including nomination in 1929 to the rank of Officier de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts, the award of the Croix d'Honneur as a Chevalier de l'Education Sociale (1931), and elevation to the rank of Chevalier of the Order des Arts et des Lettres. On November 30, 2000, four paintings by Edouard Leon Corts were recovered in Kalispell, Montana, following an eight-month investigation conducted by the FBI. In civilian life, his base was in Lagny in the former studio of Cavallo-Peduzzi, although he travelled extensively in France, notably in Normandy, Brittany, the Champagne region and Savoy, painting as he went.Įdouard Cortès exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français (of which he became a member in 1907), the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Autumn and Winter Salons, and the Salon des Artistes Indépendants.

Edouard Léon Cortès, the son of the Spanish-born painter Antonio Cortès, was sent to the front during World War I to sketch enemy positions.