Léon Gaucherel
Léon Gaucherel , (born May 21, 1816 in Paris ; † January 7, 1886 there ) was a French draftsman, etcher, illustrator and painter .
Gaucherel learned the art under Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , with whom he traveled to Italy and Sicily , therefore initially came to drawing decorative and ecclesiastical sculptures ( reliquary box of St. Eleutherius in Tournai ), but from 1844 also made landscape and architectural etchings for the Gazette des beaux arts , the "Annales archeologiques" u. the journal "L'Art", for the edition of the "Imitation of Christ" arranged by the imperial printing house, for architectural works and others for artists of the most varied of genres, e.g. B. after Ernest Meissonier , Félix Ziem , Diaz , Saint-Aubin , Meindest Hobbema and William Turner .
He also created watercolors of great natural truth and careful treatment, such as: The House of Tintoretto in Venice , View of the City of Saintes , An Evening in Arromanches (Calvados Department), St. Peter in Rome , Torcello and the oil paintings : Ships in Arromanches , Die Bank of the Adour at sunset (1875), as well as several portraits , etched from his own drawings.
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| SURNAME | Gaucherel, Léon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French draftsman, etcher, illustrator and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1886 |
| Place of death | Paris |