Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Leopold Stevens

Nationality: French
Date of birth: 1866
Place of birth: Paris
Date of death: 1935
Place of death: Paris
Category: painter

Identity:

Léopold Stevens was a poster artist and painter.

Life:

In 1902 it was said that he had bought Rose et or: La Napolitaine y505 from Whistler. Whistler, however, said that this was not so (W. Webb to G. Petit and G. Bergaud, 2 August 1902, #06270).

Bibliography:

Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, 1956-61, vol. 8, p. 122.