Benjamin Ulmann
Illustration — Benjamin Ulmann Benjamin Ulmann (24 May 1829 – 24 February 1884) was a French painter of Jewish descent. Benjamin Ulmann was born at Blotzheim (Haut Rhin) in 1829, he became a pupil of Michel Martin Drolling and of François-Édouard Picot, and entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1849. He gained the prix de Rome in 1859, and profited much by his studies in Italy.
Benjamin Ulmann
BAUDE, graveur et MULNIER, photogr. (1884) · data.bnf.fr · Public domain
- Born
- 1829 · Blotzheim.
- Died
- 1884 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- history
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris · French Academy in Rome
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour · Prix de Rome · resident at the Villa Medici
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Benjamin Ulmann Benjamin Ulmann (24 May 1829 – 24 February 1884) was a French painter of Jewish descent. Benjamin Ulmann was born at Blotzheim (Haut Rhin) in 1829, he became a pupil of Michel Martin Drolling and of François-Édouard Picot, and entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1849. He gained the prix de Rome in 1859, and profited much by his studies in Italy.
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He exhibited a number of works at the Salon from 1855 onwards, chiefly portraits and historical subjects, and was commissioned to paint some pictures for the Palais Royal and for the Palais de Justice. His Sylla and Manus is in the Luxembourg Palace, and other works by him are in the Museums of Le Mans, Marseille, Melun, and Colmar. He died in 1884.
Benjamin Ulmann studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Work by Benjamin Ulmann is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay, Dahesh Museum of Art, Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome and resident at the Villa Medici.
Benjamin Ulmann is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome and resident at the Villa Medici.
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1829
Benjamin Ulmann born at Blotzheim.
1884
Benjamin Ulmann died at Paris.
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Benjamin Ulmann received Knight of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome and resident at the Villa Medici.
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- 1.Regards sur la culture judéo-alsacienne Éditions La Nuée bleue/DNA, Strasbourg, 2001,
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