Jules Lefebvre
Also recorded as Jules Le Febvre · J. Lefebvre · jules lefebre · Lefebvre
Jules Lefebvre
A. Braun · The Booklovers Magazine · Public domain
- Full name
- Jules Joseph Lefebvre.
- Born
- 1836 · Tournan-en-Brie.
- Died
- 1911 · rue La Bruyère.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait · history · nude
- Movements
- academic art
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris · French Academy in Rome
- Teachers
- Léon Cogniet · Jean Francis Auburtin
- Known for
- Chloé · Truth · Nymph and Bacchus
- Honours
- Commander of the Legion of Honour · Prix de Rome · Officer of the Legion of Honour · Officier de l'Instruction publique · Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Jules Lefebvre studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Training under Léon Cogniet and Jean Francis Auburtin is recorded. Elizabeth Jane Gardner, Georges Rochegrosse and Amélie Beaury-Saurel are recorded as having studied under Jules Lefebvre. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait, history and nude. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Works named in the authority record are Chloé, Truth and Nymph and Bacchus. Work by Jules Lefebvre is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Beaux-Arts de Paris and Musée de Picardie. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome, Officer of the Legion of Honour and Officier de l'Instruction publique.
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1836
Jules Lefebvre born at Tournan-en-Brie.
1911
Jules Lefebvre died at rue La Bruyère.
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Tournan-en-Brie.
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rue La Bruyère.
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Jules Lefebvre received Commander of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Officier de l'Instruction publique and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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Jules Lefebvre studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. He trained under Léon Cogniet and Jean Francis Auburtin. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 3: Chloé, Truth and Nymph and Bacchus. His recorded genres are portrait, history and nude.
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