Jules Joseph Lefebvre - Academic Paintings

Jules Joseph Lefebvre - Academic Paintings

by Daniel Ankele, Denise Ankele

43 pages· 2011
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JULES JOSEPH LEFEBVRE Art Book contains 35+ Reproductions of Figure Portraits with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).

BORN: March 14, 1836 in Paris, France.
DIED: February 24, 1911.

MOVEMENT: Academic

INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Lefebvre first studied under Leon Cogniet and a year later attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
§ In 1861, he won the Prix de Rome competition for young painters. This award allowed him to study in Rome for five years.
§ In 1867, he returned to Paris and began painting the female figure. His successful entries at the Salon made him an officer in the Legion of Honor and in 1898, he was promoted to Commander.
§ Lefebvre’s figure paintings became so famous that his only rival was William Bouguereau.


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