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Paul César Helleu

1859 - 1927

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Paul César Helleu (17 December 1859 – 23 March 1927) was a French oil painter, pastel artist, drypoint etcher, and designer, best known for his numerous portraits of beautiful society women of the Belle Époque. He also conceived the ceiling mural of night sky constellations for Grand Central Terminal in New York City. He was also the father of Jean Helleu and the grandfather of Jacques Helleu, both artistic directors for Parfums Chanel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul César Helleu is the 1,564th most popular painter (down from 1,493rd in 2019), the 4,016th most popular biography from France (down from 3,866th in 2019) and the 242nd most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Paul César Helleu ranks 1,564 out of 2,023. Before him are Simon Hantaï, Christian Albrecht Jensen, Helena Westermarck, L. A. Ring, Maria Wiik, and Ivan Aguéli. After him are Christian Rohlfs, Olja Ivanjicki, Katsukawa Shunshō, Dionisius, Henri Regnault, and Robert Henri.

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Among people born in 1859, Paul César Helleu ranks 103. Before him are Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, Johan Jensen, Édouard-Alfred Martel, Vittorio Sella, Teodor Axentowicz, and Tsubouchi Shōyō. After him are Park Eun-sik, Mikhail Rodzianko, Mary Anderson, Childe Hassam, Émil Goeldi, and Clarence Clark. Among people deceased in 1927, Paul César Helleu ranks 100. Before him are Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, Shushanik Kurghinian, Maximilian Harden, Hermann Obrist, Harald Hansen, and J. B. Bury. After him are Constance Markievicz, Sakina Akhundzadeh, David Arellano, Georges Eekhoud, Friedrich Reinitzer, and Charles Warren.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul César Helleu ranks 4,016 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean de Thévenot (1633), Pascal Lainé (1942), Claude Dauphin (1903), Eugène Lanti (1879), Jean de Brunhoff (1899), and Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1842). After him are Edmond Laguerre (1834), Pierre Montet (1885), François Heutte (1938), Isabelle Collin Dufresne (1935), Jean-Claude Mézières (1938), and Jacques Ochs (1883).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Paul César Helleu ranks 242. Before him are Ernest Hébert (1817), Eugène Devéria (1805), Henri Lebasque (1865), André Gill (1840), Henri Harpignies (1819), and Henri Le Fauconnier (1881). After him are Henri Regnault (1843), Maxime Maufra (1861), Charles Angrand (1854), François de Troy (1645), Abel de Pujol (1785), and Isaac Oliver (1556).

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