Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury

Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Antoine-Jean Gros is recorded. Tony Robert-Fleury, Charles-Désiré Hue and Joséphine Houssay are recorded as having studied under Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is painting and visual arts. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Positions recorded include director of the French Academy in Rome. Work by Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Amsterdam Museum, Musée de l'Histoire de France, Musée des Augustins and Wallace Collection. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Legion of Honour, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Knight of the Order of Leopold.

• Name — Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury • Born — 8 August 1797 • Birthplace — Cologne • Died — 5 May 1890 • Place of death — Paris • Known for — Painting

Born in Cologne, he was sent by his family to Paris, and after travelling in Italy returned to France and made his first appearance at the Salon in 1824; his reputation, however, was not established until three years later, when he exhibited Tasso at the Convent of Saint Onophrius. Endowed with a vigorous original talent, and with a vivid imagination, especially for the tragic incidents of history, he soon rose to fame, and in 1850 succeeded François Granet as member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In 1855, he was appointed professor and in 1863 director of the École des Beaux-Arts, and in the following year he went to Rome as director of the French Academy in that city. His pupils included Marie-Adélaïde Baubry-Vaillant, David Bles, Marguerite Jacquelin, Charles-Désiré Hue, Leon Kapliński and Henri Le Riche. His son, Tony Robert-Fleury, was also a painter.

Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury is recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Classed in the genre history painting. Recorded as having received Commander of the Legion of Honour, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Knight of the Order of Leopold.