Léon Frédéric

Léon Frédéric studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. Training under Jean-François Portaels, Jules Van Keirsbilck and Ernest Slingeneyer is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is painting and visual arts. Places of work recorded in the authority are Brussels and Italy. Residence is recorded at Italian Peninsula and Nafraiture. Works named in the authority record are The Golden Age: The Night, The Golden Age: The Morning and The Golden Age: The Evening. Work by Léon Frédéric is recorded in the collections of Musée Léon-Dierx, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) and Groeningemuseum.

• Name — Léon Frédéric • Birth Name — Léon-Henri-Marie Frédéric • Born — 26 August 1856 • Birthplace — Brussels, Belgium • Died — 27 January 1940 • Place of death — Schaerbeek, Belgium • Field — Painting, printmaking • Training — Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts • Movement — Symbolism

His father was a prosperous jeweler. In 1871, he was apprenticed to the architect and decorative painter, Charle-Albert and began taking night courses at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. In 1874, he found a position in the workshop of Jean-François Portaels. The following year, he and several other young art students engaged a private studio where they could paint from live, nude models. From 1876 to 1878, he entered the Prix de Rome, but was not successful. Finally, his father financed a trip for studies in Italy from 1878 to 1879. There, he travelled to Naples, Rome, Florence and Venice. His favorite painters were Sandro Botticelli and Domenico Ghirlandaio. On his return from Italy, he made his debut at the Brussels Salon, where he came under the influence of Jules Bastien-Lepage, and became a member of the artist group L'Essor. In 1883, he moved to Vresse-sur-Semois, in the Belgian Ardennes, and traveled extensively to England, Germany and the Netherlands. He was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle (1889). The young Alexandre Benois was a great admirer of his works and, in 1898, arranged for several to be purchased by Princess Maria Tenisheva, for an exhibition in St. Petersburg. After his marriage, he moved to his final home in Schaerbeek in 1899, and continued to travel and exhibit his work in international fairs, winning awards in the United States and Germany and another gold medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900). In 1904, he was appointed a member of the Académie Royale and, in 1929, was created a Baron and a Knight of the Order of Leopold by King Albert I. His works may be seen at the Museum of Ixelles, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent and the Musée d'Orsay. The Four Seasons is currently on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Chalks Sellers and The Stream are currently displayed at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels. A street in Schaerbeek has been named after him.

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