François Lafon (painter)
François Lafon (* 1846 in Paris ; † around 1920 there) was a French painter.
Life
Lafon received his first artistic lessons from his father, the painter Jacques-Émile Lafon (1817–1886). With his support, Lafon was later a student at the École des Beaux-Arts , where he was taught by Alexandre Cabanel , among others .
When life returned to normal after the Franco-Prussian War , Lafon was able to make a very successful debut in 1875 at the major annual exhibition of the Salon de Paris . After several years of successful work, he was accepted as a member of the Société nationale des beaux-arts in 1890 .
Works (selection)
- own work
- Jeune Italienne endormie .
- La demande en mariage .
- Femme ramassant des branches dans la forêt .
- La toilette de Venus .
- Bacchantes .
- government contracts
- Le martyre de Sainte Cécile . 1875.
- Saint Etienne .
- Au pays d'Erymanthe .
- Jésus parmi les docteurs .
- A Constantinople au IVe siècle sous le règne de l'imperatrice Eudoxie .
literature
- Thieme-Becker
- Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays . New edition Grund, Paris 1999ff., Vol. 8.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lafon, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1920 |
| Place of death | Paris |