Jules Lefebvre
Jules Lefebvre (1836–1911) was a French painter.
Also recorded as Jules Le Febvre; J. Lefebvre; jules lefebre; Lefebvre; jules lefevre; Lefevre.
Overview
Recorded at birth as Jules Joseph Lefebvre.
Born at Tournan-en-Brie in 1836, died at rue La Bruyère in 1911.
In detail
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. The authority associates the name with academic art.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Membership is recorded of Académie des beaux-arts.
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.
Sources
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“Jules Joseph Lefebvre”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q433973: Jules Lefebvre
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