Jules Eugène Lenepveu

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Jules Eugène Lenepveu Boussaroque de Lafont, known as Jules Eugène Lenepveu, (1819, Angers - 16 October 1898, Paris) was a French painter. He studied at the école des Beaux-Arts where he was a pupil of Mercier at Angers then of Picot in Paris. He entered the École nationale he won the Prix de Rome and went to Rome to complete his education. He became famous for his vast historical canvases, notably the ceilings of the Opéra de Paris (1869-1871 - imitated by a Marc Chagall work), and of the theatre at Angers (1871). He was director of the French Academy in Rome from 1873 to 1878.

In 1900, 2 years after his death, a monument to him was put up in the courtyard of the musée des Beaux-Arts, and a pedestrianised street in Angers was later named after him.

[edit] Works

• The martyrs in the catacombs, 1855, Musée d'Orsay, oil on canvas,
• The Muses, 1872, Musée d'Orsay, ceiling painting,
• Joan of Arc as shepherdess, 1886 to 1890, Panthéon,
• Joan of Arc in armour before Orléans, 1886 to 1890, Panthéon de Paris,
• Joan of Arc at the stake in Rouen, 1886 to 1890, Panthéon de Paris,
• Joan of Arc at Rheims for the coronation of king Charles VII, 1886 to 1890, Panthéon de Paris,

[edit] Gallery

Legend of Joan of Arc

Legend of Joan of Arc

Legend of Joan of Arc

Legend of Joan of Arc

[edit] Sources

• This page is a translation of Jules Eugène Lenepveu.

Cultural offices
Preceded by Ernest Hébert	Director of the French Academy in Rome 1873–1878	Succeeded by Louis-Nicolas Cabat