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Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (8 August 1797 – 5 May 1890) was a French painter.
Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury | |
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 Photograph by René Dagron (1880) | |
| Born | 8 August 1797 |
| Died | 5 May 1890 (aged 92) |
| Known for | Painting |
Biography
editBorn in Cologne, he was sent by his family to Paris, and after travelling in Italy returned to France and made his first appearance at the Salon in 1824; his reputation, however, was not established until three years later, when he exhibited Tasso at the Convent of Saint Onophrius.[1]
Endowed with a vigorous original talent, and with a vivid imagination, especially for the tragic incidents of history, he soon rose to fame, and in 1850 succeeded François Granet as member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In 1855, he was appointed professor and in 1863 director of the École des Beaux-Arts, and in the following year he went to Rome as director of the French Academy in that city.[1]
His pupils included Marie-Adélaïde Baubry-Vaillant, David Bles, Marguerite Jacquelin, Charles-Désiré Hue, Leon Kapliński and Henri Le Riche.[2] His son, Tony Robert-Fleury, was also a painter.[1]
Honours
edit1887: Knight in the Order of Leopold.[3]
Selected paintings
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Henry IV, After his Assassination
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Galileo before the Holy Office
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Looting of a house in Giudecca
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Scene from the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
References
edit- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Robert-Fleury, Joseph Nicolas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 403.
- ^ Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury in the RKD
- ^ Handelsblad (Het) 17 February 1887
External links
editMedia related to Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury at Wikimedia Commons