Fernand Lematte

Fernand Lematte (born July 26, 1850 in Saint-Quentin , † 1929 ), full name Jacques François Fernand Lematte was a French history and portrait painter . His work is partly to be assigned to orientalism .

He entered Alexandre Cabanel's class at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts in 1866 and, with the death of Messalina in 1870, he won the Grand Prix de Rome associated with a scholarship and a stay in Rome . During his four-year stay in Italy, he witnessed the eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 , which inspired him to pray to St. Januarius . Later he was commissioned to decorate the mayor's office in the 13th arrondissement in Paris ( The Family ).

He has received several awards and medals throughout his career.

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The paintings sent in by Fernand Lematte from Rome for the annual Paris Salon, which takes place in the Palais des Champs-Elysées, were viewed as somewhat cold and academic, but praised as beautifully composed and correctly drawn.

• Portrait of the Artist's Mother ( Portrait de la mère de l'artiste )
• Dryad ( Dryad ), the Paris Salon in 1872, by the State for the museum in Nantes acquired
• The Rape of Deianira ( L'enlèvement de Déjanire ,), the Paris Salon in 1874 by the state for the museum in Nice acquired
• The Vestal Virgins fleeing Rome when the Gauls approached
• Orestes, pursued by the Furies ( Oreste et les furies ), the Paris Salon in 1876, the State Museum in for Saint-Quentin purchased
• The Widow ( La veuve ), Paris Salon 1877, Paris Salon 1877
• A nymph surprised by Faunus , 1878
• Les bourgeois de Reims recevant une charte du régent de France , Paris Salon 1882
• several portraits

literature

• Alex, Müller: Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon , Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, 1882 Leipzig online

Web links

Commons : Fernand Lematte  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Works by Fernand Lematte in the Mistral portal of the French Ministry of Culture