一个学生的Cabanel,Debat-Ponsan是著名的为他的富有的公民的肖像和政客们在巴黎,绘画的古代历史和农民生活的场景。作为共和党1870年战争的老兵,Debat-Ponsan从事争取康复的队长阿尔弗雷德•德雷福斯杜,他表现出他的寓言纪实绘画sortant冶金部(如图所示)在1898年的沙龙,^[1]稍后提供埃米尔·左拉。他的父亲1912年建筑师和德罗马大奖赛冠军,雅克Debat-Ponsan,和祖父米歇尔德勃雷下,谁成为首相戴高乐的起草人之一法兰西第五共和国。其他的后代包括政治家jean - louis德勃雷。他的女儿珍妮Debat-Ponsan结婚了罗伯特德勃雷在法国(见现代儿科学的创始人德勃雷家庭).^[2]

A pupil of Cabanel, Debat-Ponsan 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 Émile 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 Gaulleand was one of the drafters of the Fifth Republic. Other descendants include the politician Jean-Louis Debré. His daughter Jeanne Debat-Ponsan married Robert Debréfounder of modern pediatrics in France (see Debré family). ^[2]