Louise Danse

Belgian painter
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBelgian painter
PlacesBelgium
wasPainter Etcher
Work fieldArts
Gender
Female
Birth2 April 1867, Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis, Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Death25 May 1948Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis, Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium (aged 81 years)
Star signAries
Family
Father:Auguste Danse
Siblings:Marie Danse
The details

Biography

Louise Danse (1867 – 1948) was a Belgian painter.

Life and work

She was the daughter of the painter Auguste Danse who was her first teacher. Her sister Marie Danse was also a painter. Her mother was the sister of the painter Constantin Meunier. Louise was a painter but is better known for her etchings, which were published by her husband, the publisher Robert Sand (1876-1936).

Her etching Portrait of Mlle. Dethier, was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.

She became a founding member of the Brussels graphic artist collective L’Estampe in 1906, along with her sister Marie and her husband, who became the group's secretary.

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