Édouard Debat-Ponsan (Toulouse, 25 April 1847 - Paris, 29 January 1913) was a French academic painter.
La Vérité sortant du puits 1898
Le massage huile sur toile 1883, Musée des Augustins Toulouse

Biography

A pupil of Cabanel, Debat-Ponson was famous for his portraits of wealthy citizens and politicians in Paris, paintings of ancient history and scenes of peasant life. As a Republican and veteran of the War of 1870, Debat-Ponsan engaged in the struggle for rehabilitation of Captain Alfred Dreyfus], he exhibited his allegorical painting Vérité sortant du puits (shown here) at the 1898 Salon, [1] later offered to Emile Zola. He was Father of the architect and Grand Prix de Rome winner in 1912, Jacques Debat-Ponsan, and grandfather of Michel Debré, who became Prime Minister under General Charles de Gaulle and was one of the drafters of the Fifth Republic. Other descendants include the politician Jean-Louis Debré. His daughter Jeanne Debat-Ponsan married Robert Debré founder of modern pediatrics in France (see Debré family). [2]
References

^ The Artistic Debate, Princeton
^ Rehs Galleries: Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan

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