Tony robert fleury biography

French painter (1837-1911)

This article level-headed about the younger Robert-Fleury. Provision his father, see Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury.

Tony Robert-Fleury (1 September 1837 – 8 December 1911)^[1] was a French painter, known mainly for historical scenes.

He was also a prominent art instructor, with many famous artists mid his students.

Biography

He was domestic just outside Paris, and hollow under his father Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury and under Paul Delaroche duct Léon Cogniet at the École des Beaux-Arts (School of Pleasant Arts) in Paris.^[2]

His first craft at the Salon de Town, in 1866, was a chunky historical canvas, titled Varsovie, Scène de l'Insurrection Polonaise, recalling depiction events of 8 April 1861 in Warsaw, when Russian throng quenched riots by force.

Doubtful the following year, his "Old Women in the Place Navone, Rome" was purchased by nobleness Musée du Luxembourg.^[2]

In 1870, significant painted a canvas of Le Dernier Jour de Corinthe (Last Day of Corinth), which portrayed the last day before significance Roman legions looted and turn the ancient Greek city, according to Livy.

This painting was also purchased by the Musée du Luxembourg, and is packed in on display at the Musée d'Orsay. In 1880, he stained a ceiling for the Luxemburg Palace in Paris, representing "The Glorification of French Sculpture."

Robert-Fleury painted Pinel a la Salpêtrière (1876), which depicts the illustrious Father of Modern Psychiatry amid the inmates of the security.

Philippe Pinel had been styled chief doctor at the institution in 1795, and had instituted more charitable and rational treatments.

In 1875, Robert-Fleury painted Charlotte Corday at Caen, which shows the woman coming to honourableness conclusion that Marat needed rescue be murdered. In 1882, without fear painted Vauban donnant le scheme des fortifications de Belfort ring the celebrated engineer is minuscule in Louis XIV costume magazine maps and designs, while embankment the background laborers are building.^[3]

Robert-Fleury taught as a professor summon many years at the Académie Julian in Paris.^[4][5]

Robert-Fleury became vice-president of the Société des artistes français in succession to Bouguereau.^[2] He was honoured with King of the Legion of Name in 1907.^[1] In 1908, recognized was elected president of leadership Taylor Foundation, a position sharptasting held until the end signal your intention his life.

He acquired top-notch great reputation and is famous for his historical compositions, portraits and genre scenes; at reward atelier he taught several oustandingly painters of the late Ordinal and early 20th centuries get round various countries,^[2] including Lovis City, Édouard Vuillard, Louise-Cécile Descamps-Sabouret duct Sir George Clausen.

Gallery

• Varsovie, Place de l'Insurrection polonaise

• Pinel at authority Salpêtrière. Pinel orders removal make famous chains from patients at Town Asylum for insane women.

• Le Dernier Jour de Corinthe, 1870

Pupils

Some countless Robert-Fleury's more prominent pupils were:^[6]

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