Alfred Bruyas
Jacques Louis Bruyas (15 August 1821 – 1 January 1877), known as Alfred Bruyas (alfʁɛd bʁɥijas), was a French art collector and a personal friend of many important artists of his time, among them Gustave Courbet and Alexandre Cabanel. He donated his collection to the Musée Fabre, in Montpellier.
Also recorded as Jacques Louis Bruyas
Alfred Bruyas
Gustave Courbet · musée Fabre · Public domain
- Name
- Alfred Bruyas
- Birth Name
- Jacques Louis Bruyas
- Born
- 15 August 1821
- Died
- 1 January 1877
- Birthplace
- Montpellier, France
- Full name
- Jacques Louis Bruyas.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- art collector, painter and patron of the arts.
- Teachers
- Charles Matet.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Jacques Louis Bruyas (15 August 1821 – 1 January 1877), known as Alfred Bruyas (alfʁɛd bʁɥijas), was a French art collector and a personal friend of many important artists of his time, among them Gustave Courbet and Alexandre Cabanel. He donated his collection to the Musée Fabre, in Montpellier.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Alfred Bruyas. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q325271 · wikipedia · Alfred Bruyas
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Alfred Bruyas • Birth Name — Jacques Louis Bruyas • Born — 15 August 1821 • Died — 1 January 1877 • Birthplace — Montpellier, France • Place of death — Montpellier, France
Biography
Biography
Born Jacques Louis Bruyas, he was the son of a wealthy banker in Montpellier. His interest in art was clear even at school. In 1840 he studied at the studio of Charles Matet, however he soon recognized the limits of his own talents and shifted his focus to the promotion and collection of contemporary art. From 1849 to 1854 he spent most of his time in Paris. There he collected work by Louis Hector Allemand, Camille Corot, Thomas Couture, Eugène Delacroix, Narcisse Diaz de Peña, Adrien Guignet, Adolphe Hervier, Prosper Marilhat, Édouard-Antoine Marsal, Jean-François Millet, Théodore Rousseau, Philippe-Joseph Tassaert, Marcel Verdier and Constant Troyon, but above all the work of Gustave Courbet.
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Alfred Bruyas”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q325271: Alfred Bruyas
General reference · Wikidata
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Bruyas Alfred, Cimetières de Montpellier. Gearchiveerd op 22 november 2021.
- 2.John House Source, The Bruyas Collection. San Francisco, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 147, No. 1225, French Art and Artists (Apr., 2005), pp. 285-286.
- 3.Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet! Chefs d'œuvre de la collection Bruyas du musée Fabre.
- 4.Ting Chang, The Meeting, Gustave Courbet and Alfred Bruyas, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 138, No. 1122 (Sep., 1996), pp. 586-591.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Born at
1- MontpellierPlace
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
Died at
1- MontpellierPlace
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
19,183 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Alfred BergströmArtist
- Alfred BoisseauArtist
- Alfred Borron ClayArtist
- Alfred BrehmArtist
- Alfred C. PatstoneArtist
- Alfred CasileArtist
- Alfred ChataudArtist
- Alfred CluysenaarArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Alfred Bruyas?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.