Ferdinand Gueldry
Joseph Ferdinand Gueldry (21 May 1858 – 17 February 1945) was a French painter. He studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme at École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Gueldry debuted his artwork at 20 years old in 1878 at the yearly Paris Salon exhibit, and continued to be featured there regularly until 1933.
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Ferdinand Gueldry
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- Name
- Ferdinand Gueldry
- Occupation
- Painter
- Born
- 21 May 1858
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 17 February 1945
- Place of death
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Nationality
- France
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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That same year he was also awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. His work is still relevant, with the painting Launching the boat sold for US$150,731 in 2017.
Ferdinand Gueldry studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The recorded working language is French. Work by Ferdinand Gueldry is recorded in the collections of Musée Carnavalet and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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• Name — Ferdinand Gueldry • Occupation — Painter • Born — 21 May 1858 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 17 February 1945 • Place of death — Lausanne, Switzerland • Style — 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art
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11th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Ferdinand Joseph Gueldry (1858 - 1945) Artist Macconnal-Mason. www.macconnal-mason.com.
- 2.Ferdinand Gueldry -. Galerie Ary Jan.
- 3.Bonhams : Ferdinand Joseph Gueldry (French, 1858-1945) The boat race. www.bonhams.com.
- 4.Ferdinand Gueldry. Olympedia.
- 5.Bonhams : Ferdinand Joseph Gueldry (French, 1858-1945) Launching the boat. www.bonhams.com.
- 6.Ferdinand-Joseph Gueldry 31 Artworks at Auction MutualArt. www.mutualart.com.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- "Ferdinand Gueldry", Bénézit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford Art Online, 2011
- Thieme und Felix Becker. Band 15: Gresse–Hanselmann. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 198 (online: Internet Archive)
- Bénézit: Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, 3rd edn., Gründ, Paris 1976, vol. 5, p. 265
- Gérald Schurr and Pierre Cabanne, Les Petits Maîtres de la peinture 1820-1920, Paris, Les Éditions de l'amateur, 2014, p. 487
- Musée de Nogent-sur-Marne, Ferdinand Gueldry, peintre de l'eau et de la lumière: catalogue, exhibition 15 September 2018–29 May 2019, Nogent-sur-Marne, Créa'3P, 2018, 27 pp.
- Michel Riousset, Les environs de la Marne et leurs peintres, Amatteis, 1986 (reprint 1997)
- List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (G)
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