Adolphe Demange

Adolphe Demange (10 September 1857 – 1927) was a French painter best known for his portraits in oil.

Adolphe was the eldest of seven children, whose birth certificates describe their father as a weaver.

[1] Demange studied under the pastel artist Charles Louis Gratia (1815–1911).

After 1901 he had joined the Société des Artistes Français and was living in the 17th arrondissement in Paris.

[5] Demange also wrote poetry, collected in the 92-page book entitled Poésies gastronomiques et autres (1936).

La Duchesse d'Uzès travaillant à la statue monumentale de Jeanne d'Arc, dans l'atelier de Falguière (1900; The Duchess of Uzès Working on the Monumental Statue of Joan of Arc, In the Studio of Falguière)