Isidore Pils
Isidore Pils (born July 19, 1813 in Paris , † September 3, 1875 in Douarnenez , Finistère ) was a French painter and watercolorist .
At the age of 21, Pils became a student of the history painter François-Edouard Picot in Paris in 1834 . He developed the more "classic" direction of his teacher into a decidedly realistic direction. With the support of Picot, Pils took part in exhibitions at the Académie des Beaux-Arts , and in 1838 his painting Peter Heals the Lame was awarded. He was awarded the Prix de Rome , combined with a generous study visit to the Villa Medici in Rome .
After five years, Pils returned to France in 1843 and settled again in his hometown. He later went on longer study trips; u. a. to Asia Minor and the Crimea . There he was an observer of the Crimean War , and his pictures from there were long considered the epitome of patriotism ; z. B. 1855 "The trenches before Sebastopol".
Back in Paris, Pils devoted himself to more religious topics for a while and completed his last work in 1875: the paintings on the vaulted ceiling in the stairwell of the New Opera ("the gods of Olympus", " Apollo on his chariot", "Triumph of Harmony" and "Apotheosis of the Opera").
Works (selection)
- Peter heals the lame man
- Rouget de l'Isle singing the Marseillaise . 1849.
- The trenches of Sebastopol . 1855.
- The landing of French troops in the Crimea .
- The passage over the Alma . 1861.
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| SURNAME | Pils, Isidore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter and watercolorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1875 |
| Place of death | Douarnenez, Brittany |