Research


The Léon Delachaux Endowment Fund ensures the dissemination of its research work through the publication of academic texts and presentations at symposiums and conferences for the general public.

Archives and documentation

The Léon Delachaux Endowment Fund has built up a significant collection of documents on the artist’s career, gathering his biographical elements, exhibitions throughout the world, and press reviews.

Academic papers

  • Prof. Gabriel Weisberg (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis), “Léon Delachaux in context”, foreword in the monograph Léon Delachaux (1850-1919), Fonds de Dotation Léon Delachaux, 2017, pp. 8–13.

Presentations

  • Marie Delachaux and Marie-Alice Loiseau. The catalogue raisonné of the artist Léon Delachaux (1850–1919), at the international online conference Artists’ Legacies: Preservation, Study, Dissemination, Institutionalization, Lisbon (Portugal), organized by the Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva Foundation, May 21, 2021.
  • Prof. Gabriel Weisberg (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) for the launch of the monograph Léon Delachaux (1850–1919), Association France-Amériques, April 27, 2017. Lecture: “Léon Delachaux in context”.

Conferences for the general public

  • Jeanne Andrivon, Claire-Emmanuelle Pinjon, and Marie-Alice Loiseau. “Léon Delachaux, I”, as part of the series Une heure une œuvre, Musée Saint-Vic in Saint-Amand-Montrond (France), February 18, 2015.
  • Marie Delachaux and Marie-Alice Loiseau, “Léon Delachaux, II”, as part of the series Une heure une œuvre, Musée Saint-Vic in Saint-Amand-Montrond (France), March 18, 2015.
  • Nicole Tordjman, Marie Delachaux, Julia Guillon, and Marie-Alice Loiseau, conference « Léon Delachaux (1850–1919), Au fil de… ». Association France-Amériques, October 9, 2014.

Publications

  • Léon Delachaux 1850–1919. Léon Delachaux Endowment Fund. Paris. 2017. French and English, 371 pages illustrated in color.
  • Correspondence between Léon Delachaux and Carol Storck from 1880 to 1884. Les carnets du Fonds de Dotation Léon Delachaux. Léon Delachaux Endowment Fund. Paris. 2021, 156 pages illustrated in color.
Colloque « Successions d’artistes : préservation, étude, dissémination, institutionnalisation », Lisbonne, 2021 
International conference «Artists’ Legacies: preservation, study, dissemination, institutionalization», Lisbon, 2021 
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