Léonard Defrance
Illustration — Self-portrait (1791) • Illustration — Trictrac players, painting attributed to Defrance • Illustration — Romantic scene -Leonard Defrance - cm. 40x50 - Private collection E. Canigiani Quarrata (PT) Italy • Illustration — Romantic scene -Leonard Defrance - cm. 40x50 - Private collection E. Canigiani Quarrata (PT) Italy Léonard Defrance, born in Liège in 1735, was a scholar of J. He painted historical pieces of large and small dimensions, also landscapes, game, fruit, flowers, and architecture.
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Léonard Defrance
Léonard Defrance · http: objnr=10031755 nr=31 · Public domain
- Born
- 1735 · Liège.
- Died
- 1805 · Liège.
- Nationality
- Prince-Bishopric of Liège · France
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Teachers
- Jean Baptiste Pierre Coclers
- Honours
- Boursier de la fondation Lambert Darchis
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Illustration — Self-portrait (1791) • Illustration — Trictrac players, painting attributed to Defrance • Illustration — Romantic scene -Leonard Defrance - cm. 40x50 - Private collection E. Canigiani Quarrata (PT) Italy • Illustration — Romantic scene -Leonard Defrance - cm. 40x50 - Private collection E. Canigiani Quarrata (PT) Italy Léonard Defrance, born in Liège in 1735, was a scholar of J. He painted historical pieces of large and small dimensions, also landscapes, game, fruit, flowers, and architecture.
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He was the first professor of design at the Academy of Liège, established by the Prince Velbruck, and afterwards filled the same post in the École Centrale of the department of Ourthe. He died in Liège in 1805.
Training under Jean Baptiste Pierre Coclers is recorded. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Léonard Defrance is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Liege Fine Arts Museum, Hermitage Museum and Museum of Grenoble. Distinctions recorded are Boursier de la fondation Lambert Darchis.
Tableau de Léonard Defrance (?) au musée de Châlons-en-Champagne
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1735
Léonard Defrance born at Liège.
1805
Léonard Defrance died at Liège.
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Léonard Defrance received Boursier de la fondation Lambert Darchis.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Liege Fine Arts Museum and Hermitage Museum
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