Achille Devéria
Achille Jacques Jean Marie Devéria (born February 6, 1800 in Paris ; † December 23, 1857 there ) was a French painter and lithographer .
Life
Devéria was the son of an administrative officer of the French Navy and the brother of the painter Eugène Devéria . The later painter Théodule Devéria was his son.
Immediately after leaving school, Devéria became a student of the painter Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson ; later he moved to Louis Lafitte's studio . Already at the age of 22 Devéria was invited to take part in the great exhibition of the Paris Salon of 1822.
In 1830 Devéria founded a private painting school with his brother Eugène, with which the two had some success; Auguste Glaize was one of the students . During these years Devéria gave up oil painting in favor of lithography . He soon worked as an illustrator for several publishers; u. a. he illustrated the " Don Quixote ", the " Robinson Crusoe ", Goethe's " Faust " and the fairy tales of Charles Perrault .
In addition, Devéria became one of the most celebrated portraitists of his time. Many famous contemporaries sat as models for him in his studio on Rue de l'Ouest (Paris): Honoré de Balzac , Charles Baudelaire , Jacques Louis David , Marie Dorval , Alexandre Dumas , Théodore Géricault , Victor Hugo , Alphonse de Lamartine , Franz Liszt , Prosper Mérimée , Alfred de Musset , Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve , Sir Walter Scott , Alfred de Vigny a . v. a.
Together with his colleague Henri Grevedon , later also supported by his son Théodule, Devéria was able to publish several collections of his portraits. In 1849 Devéria was entrusted with the management of the graphic collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale ; in the same year he was appointed deputy curator of the Egyptian collection of the Louvre .
In the spring of 1857 Devéria went on a study trip to Egypt , from which he returned sick in the autumn. A few weeks later, on December 23, 1857, at the age of 57, he died in Paris.
Devéria also created a number of religious images, all of which were commissioned for house chapels and private salons. With these he failed the official art criticism, but was able to continue his great success with the public.
reception
Ernst Jünger mentions a picture of Devérias in his novel A Dangerous Encounter (1985) and comments:
“It was the weaker of the two brothers, whose subject matter was characterized by a remarkable range. In addition to sweet devotional pictures, which were popular in private chapels and boudoirs, he had fiery pornography. "
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Devéria, Achille |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Devéria, Achille Jacques Jean Marie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1857 |
| Place of death | Paris |