Louis Fortuney - Artist Info

About Louis Fortuney

Name variants

Léon Ernest Fortuné Andrieux, Leon Ernest Fortune Fortuney
  • Biography

    Louis Fortuney (1875 Argeliers - 1951) Louis Fortuney was the self-chosen pseudonym of Louis Ernest Fortuné Andrieux. Fortuney studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse before moving to Paris at the age of 20.

    Fortuney worked mainly in pastel, his preferred subjects being female portraits and the actors in operas, theaters, cafés, ballet and variety shows.

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