Victor Leydet

Victor Leydet studied at École des beaux-arts d'Avignon. Training under Pierre Grivolas, Jean-Léon Gérôme and Gabriel Bourges is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Avignon. Works named in the authority record are Women in prayers. Work by Victor Leydet is recorded in the collections of Calvet Museum, Musée Paul-Dini, Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Rochelle, Musée du Colombier and Musée d'Orsay.

• Name — Victor Leydet • Born — July 21, 1861 • Birthplace — L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France • Died — October 20, 1904 • Place of death — Sorgues, France • Occupation — Painter Victor Leydet (1861–1904) was a French genre painter.

Victor Leydet was born on July 21, 1861, in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. He was trained as a painter at the École des beaux-arts d'Avignon, now known as the École supérieure d'art d'Avignon in Avignon, where painter Pierre Grivolas (1823-1906) was his teacher. He was also trained by painters Gabriel Bourges and Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904). As a professional painter, he was a member of the New School of Avignon. His painting entitled Femmes en prières is exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Some of his other paintings, like Portrait du jeune homme, en pied or Avant la messe, can be seen in the Musée Calvet in Avignon. He was a member of the Académie de Vaucluse. He died on October 20, 1904, in Sorgues.

• Illustration — After the Mass • Illustration — Charlotte • Illustration — The Hopeless • Illustration — Absinthe supérieure

• Victor Leydet, peintre du 19e: 1861 - L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (Campredon art et culture (L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Vaucluse), 1985, 47 pages).