Éloi Firmin Féron
Éloi Firmin Féron (born December 1, 1802 in Paris , † 1876 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine ) was a neoclassical French painter who is best known for his history painting.
life and work
Féron was a student of Antoine-Jean Gros and won the coveted Prix de Rome of the Académie des Beaux-Arts at a young age for his large-format design of the legend of Damon and Phintias . With the following paintings Vettor Pisani is freed from prison , Hannibal crosses the Alps (1833, Musée des Beaux-Arts , Marseille ) and the Raising of Lazarus (1835) he achieved only respectable successes.
Soon he became a favorite painter of the bourgeois king Louis Philippe and his sons, and so Féron worked a lot for the historical galleries of the Palace of Versailles , where portraits of well-known figures from French history can be found, including Claude de La Trémoille , Adrien-Maurice de Noailles and Gabriel de Lorges . In addition, the following large paintings by Féron hang in Versailles.
- Karl. VIII. Moves into Naples (1837)
- Louis Philippe, elected Lieutenant General of the Kingdom, in front of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris (1837)
- The Battle of Fornovo (1838)
- The capture of Rhodes by the Knights of the Order of St. John
- The battle of Arsuf .
In the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Arras , Féron's work Victorious Athlete hangs in the arena , and in the Notre-Dame Basilica in Boulogne-sur-Mer you can see a depiction of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian . In the Strasbourg painting collection hangs his large-format funeral of Kléber in Egypt .
gallery
Gabriel de Lorges
Louis Philippe, elected Lieutenant General of the Kingdom, in front of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris
The battle of Arsuf (detail)
Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Féron, Éloi Firmin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1876 |
| Place of death | Conflans-Sainte-Honorine |