Gabriel Tyr
Illustration — Self-portrait (1855) Gabriel Tyr (19 February 1817, Saint-Pal-de-Mons – 16 February 1868, Saint-Étienne) was a French painter of portraits, both secular and religious. The latter were influenced by the Nazarene movement.
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- Born
- 1817 · Saint-Pal-de-Mons.
- Died
- 1868 · Saint-Étienne.
- Nationality
- France
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- painter
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- Victor Orsel
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- French
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• Illustration — The Guardian Angel His father, Jean Tyr (1790-1851), was a mason. Despite his financially modest background, he was able to enroll at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Lyon in 1833, at the age of sixteen. He was awarded the Golden Laurel for his portrait of a sleeping child in 1837. This prize enabled him to enter the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied with Victor Orsel. His first major project, frescoes at the Église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, was performed in collaboration with Orsel. In 1840 his son, Hector Gabriel, was born from a relationship with Marie Duc, who became his wife in 1847. Hector often served as his model. He held his first exhibit at the Salon in 1843. Following the February Revolution, he received an order from Charles Blanc, Director of the department for the Visual Arts at the Ministry of the Interior. The resulting work was Le Christ Mort (The Dead Christ), a view of Jesus' head against a background of golden fabric. This was praised by the author and art critic, Théophile Gautier, and was the start of a lifelong friendship. He was then called to Lyon to complete a painting at the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière that had been left unfinished by the death of his teacher, Orsel. He chose to remain and, from 1850, most of his painting was done there. He also worked in Saint-Étienne and Puy-en-Velay, leaving the area occasionally to participate in exhibits; notably the Exposition Universelle of 1855. In addition to painting, he designed the stained glass windows at the Église de Saint-Louis in Saint-Étienne. At the time of his death, he had just received a commission to decorate the cathedral in Puy-en-Velay. • Illustration — Christ the Child, Teaching Much of his non-religious work is in private collections, having been sold to cover his debts. One of the largest public collections is at the Musée Crozatier.
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Gabriel Tyr was a lithographer, painter, pastellist and printmaker, born in 1817 and died in 1868 in Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues. Both events are recorded by the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
Portrait of the industrialist, Alfred Sommier, as a young man
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Portrait of Monsieur Faure
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- 1.Les peintres de l'âme, Art Lyonnais du , Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, 1981,
- 2.Jacques Beauffet, Dictionnaire des artistes foréziens du , Ceyson,
- 3.Michel Caffort, Les Nazaréens français, théorie et pratique de la peinture religieuse au , presses universitaires de Rennes, Rennes, 2009
- 4.Théophile Gauthier, Le Moniteur Universel, 8 septembre 1855
- 5.Jacques Beauffet, Dictionnaire des artistes foréziens du , Ceysonn,
- 6.Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier, La peinture lyonnaise au , les éditions de l’amateur, 1995
- 7.Les peintres de l’âme, Art lyonnais du , Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, 1981, .
- 8.Les peintres de l’âme, Art lyonnais du , Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, 1981,
- 9.Musée des Beaux-Arts, Victor Smith, « Gabriel Tyr », dans, La Revue du lyonnais, 1868
- 10.Bibliothèque Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paul Normand, Le Salut Public, 24 février 1854
- 11.Bibliothèque Musée des Beaux-arts Lyon, Théophile Gauthier, Le Moniteur Universel, 8 septembre 1855
- 12.Bibliothèque Musée des Beaux Arts Lyon, Dossier Gabriel Tyr
- 13.Bibliothèque Musée des Beaux-Arts Lyon, Théophile Gauthier, Le Moniteur Universel, 8 septembre 1855.
- 14.Bibliothèque musée des Beaux-Arts Lyon , Delecluze, Le Journal des Débats, 31 Juillet 1849
- 15.Catalogue, Portraitiste lyonnais 1800-1914, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Juin-Septembre 1986.
- 16.Bibliothèque Musée des Beaux-Arts Lyon, Théophile Gautier, Moniteur Universel 1863
- 17.Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier, La peinture lyonnaise au , les éditions de l’amateur, 1985
- 18.Bibliothèque Musée des Beaux-Arts Lyon, Théophile Gautier, Hommage, 1868
- 19.fr Mérimée IA42000041
- 20.fr Joconde 000DE023066
- 21.fr Joconde 000DE023102
- 22.fr Joconde 000PE032536
- 23.fr Joconde 000PE026402
- 24.fr Joconde 000PE031414
- 25.Notre-Dame de Mongré. www.cityzeum.com.
- 26.fr Joconde 00000061593
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Les peintres de l’âme, Art lyonnais du , Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, 1981, .
- Jacques Beauffet, Dictionnaire des artistes foréziens du , Ceysonn, .
- Michel Caffort, Les Nazaréens français, théorie et pratique de la peinture religieuse au , presses universitaires de Rennes, Rennes, 2009.
- Catalogue, Portraitiste lyonnais 1800-1914, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Juin- .
- Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier, La peinture lyonnaise au , les éditions de l’amateur, 1985.
- Fonds Bibliothèque des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Dossier Gabriel Tyr.
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