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Louise Danse (1867 – 1948) was a Belgian painter.
Life and work
She was the daughter of the engraver 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.
Gallery
References
Bibliography
Piette, Valérie; Rassart-Debergh, Marguerite (2006). "Danse, Louise". In Gubin, Éliane (ed.). Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles [Dictionary of Belgian women: nineteenth and twentieth centuries] (in French). Brussels: Éditions Racine. pp. 133–134. ISBN 2-87386-434-6.