Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle
Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle (1818-1979) was a French decorative painter and architect. He was born in Paris in 1818. He studied under Delaroche, and afterwards served on the Commission for Historical Monuments.
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Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle

Alexandre Dominique Denuelle (1818 - 1879) Details on Google Art Project · qwGKkvh1Gc6lFQ at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level · Public domain
- Born
- 1818 · Paris.
- Died
- 1879 · Florence.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · architect
- Teachers
- Félix Duban
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle (1818-1979) was a French decorative painter and architect. He was born in Paris in 1818. He studied under Delaroche, and afterwards served on the Commission for Historical Monuments.
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He died in Florence in 1879. He was largely engaged in mural paintings for churches, and specimens of his art will be found in the Abbey of St. Denis, in St. Paul at Nîmes, St. Polycarp at Lyons, the Oratory at Birmingham, the Church of the Celestines at Avignon, and in Strassburg Cathedral. His work also appears in the richly decorated choir of the Church of Saint-Francis-Xavier in Paris.
Training under Félix Duban is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle is recorded in the collections of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour.
The authorities additionally record the heading Alexandre Dominique Denuelle. His recorded language was French. One child is recorded: Thérèse Taine.
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Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle is recorded as having received Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Musée des Beaux-arts de Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon. Plafond à la française, par Alexandre Denuelle (1851), aux armes de 24 villes du diocèse.
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Musée des Beaux-arts de Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon. Plafond à la française, par Alexandre Denuelle (1851), aux armes de 24 villes du diocèse.
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1818
Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle born at Paris.
1879
Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle died at Florence.
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