Jules Joseph Lefebvre
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Jules Joseph Lefebvre (Tournan, March 14, 1836 – Paris, February 24, 1911) was a French figure painter.
Entered the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts en 1852, and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet. Lefebvre won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1861. Between 1855 and 1898, he exhibited 72 portraits in the Paris Salon. In 1891, he became a member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts
He was an instructor at the Académie Julian in Paris. He is chiefly important as an excellent and sympathetic teacher who numbered many Americans among his 1500 or more pupils. One of his famous students was the Scottish born landscape painter William Hart. Georges Rochegrosse and John Noble Barlow were also his pupils. He was long a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts.
His paintings are usually single figures of beautiful women.
Among his best portraits were those of M. L. Reynaud and the Prince Imperial (1874). Among his many decorations were a first-class medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1878 and the medal of honor in 1886. He was a Commander of the Legion of Honor and a member of the Institute.
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[edit] Significant milestones
- (1853) Student at the École des Beaux-Arts
- (1859) Second place Prix de Rome
- (1861) His Death of Primam wins the Prix de Rome
- (1870) Academie Julien professor
- (1870) Légion d'Honneur, Officer, named Commander from 1898
- (1891) Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
[edit] Selected Works
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- Clemence Isaure
- La Fiancée (The Fianacé)
- Woman with an Orange
- Nymph with morning glory flowers
- Fleurs des Champs (Flora) Oil. Private
- L'amour Blesse (Love Hurts)
- Mediterranean Beauty
- Portrait of a Lady
- Portrait of a Woman
- Young Woman with Morning Glories in Her Hair
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