member of the Institute. He succeeded Carolus Duran as director of the Académie française in Rome. In 1912, he became a member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts and became director of the École des Beaux Arts in 1922. In 1923 he co-founded the Salon des Tuileries. He was represented in the official exhibition of French art held in the United States in 1919-20 by a symbolic 1917 portrait of Cardinal Mercier. An important exhibition of his works was shown in different cities of the United States in 1924. Honours 1907 : Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. commander of the Legion of Honour Member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts 1924 : member of the Académie française (Seat #13). 1932: Honorary Corresponding member of the National Academy of Design. Gallery Notes References External links Short biography in French Links to some of his paintings on line 1849 births 1934 deaths Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery Painters from Paris 19th-century French painters 19th-century French male artists French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Prix de Rome for painting French Impressionist painters Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium Members of the Académie Française Honorary Members of the Royal Academy