Louis Béroud
Illustration — Central Dome of the Galerie des Machines, 1889 Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1889, by Louis Béroud (1852-1930). • Illustration — Béroud's 1911 painting depicting Mona Lisa in the Louvre Louis Béroud (17 January 1852, Lyon – 9 October 1930, Paris) was a French painter of the late 19th and early 20th century. Some of his paintings are visible at the Musée Carnavalet and The Louvre in Paris. On 22 August 1911, Béroud came to The Louvre to sketch his painting Mona Lisa au Louvre but where the famous La Joconde, by Leonardo da Vinci, should have stood, he found four iron pegs.
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Louis Béroud
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- Born
- 1852 · Lyon.
- Died
- 1930 · rue de la Convention.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Teachers
- Léon Bonnat · Jean-Baptiste Lavastre · Eugène-Pierre Gourdet
- Honours
- bronze medal
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Central Dome of the Galerie des Machines, 1889 Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1889, by Louis Béroud (1852-1930). • Illustration — Béroud's 1911 painting depicting Mona Lisa in the Louvre Louis Béroud (17 January 1852, Lyon – 9 October 1930, Paris) was a French painter of the late 19th and early 20th century. Some of his paintings are visible at the Musée Carnavalet and The Louvre in Paris. On 22 August 1911, Béroud came to The Louvre to sketch his painting Mona Lisa au Louvre but where the famous La Joconde, by Leonardo da Vinci, should have stood, he found four iron pegs.
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Béroud contacted the section head of the guards, who thought the painting was being photographed for marketing purposes. A few hours later, Béroud checked back with the section head of the museum, and it was confirmed that the Mona Lisa was not with the photographers. The Louvre was closed for an entire week to aid in investigation of the theft.
Training under Léon Bonnat, Jean-Baptiste Lavastre and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet is recorded. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are rue Fondary. Work by Louis Béroud is recorded in the collections of Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Musée Masséna and Dahesh Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are bronze medal.
List of some of his works in French national museums: • L'escalier de l'opéra Garnier (1877), Carnavalet Museum • Le dôme central de la galerie des machines à l'exposition universelle de 1889 (1890), Carnavalet Museum • Salle Rubens au Louvre (1904), Musée du Louvre • À la gloire de Rubens (1905), Musée du Louvre • Au Salon Carré du Louvre (1906), Musée du Louvre • Chambre du Baron Basile de Schlichting (1908), Musée du Louvre • Vue de la Salle des Sept Cheminées au Louvre (1909), Musée du Louvre • L'Avenue de la Gare à Nice, Musée Masséna
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1852
Louis Béroud was born on 17 January 1852.
1930
Louis Béroud died at rue de la Convention.
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