Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel
Illustration — Seigneurs flamands visitant l'atelier de Rembrandt. Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel (19 May 1839 – 25 February 1929) was a French painter. He was born in Genêts and had his artistic training under Jean-Léon Gérôme, whose style he followed.
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Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel

Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel · Public domain
- Born
- 1839 · Genêts.
- Died
- 1929 · Genêts.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Movements
- academic art
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Seigneurs flamands visitant l'atelier de Rembrandt. Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel (19 May 1839 – 25 February 1929) was a French painter. He was born in Genêts and had his artistic training under Jean-Léon Gérôme, whose style he followed.
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His paintings are in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen. He specialized in historical genre paintings. At a 2012 Sotheby's auction, one of his paintings, The Practice Recital, was sold for US$86,500.
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1839
Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel was born on 19 May 1839.
1929
Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel died on 25 February 1929.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, New York Historical and Bury Art Museum
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