Léon-Maxime Faivre
Léon Eugène Maxime Faivre (born January 5, 1856 in Paris , † January 5, 1941 ibid) was a French history painter.
Faivre studied at the École des beaux-arts de Paris with Jean-Léon Gérôme and Gustave Boulanger .
He made his debut in 1777 at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français with the interior view of Gérôme's studio.
Then he devoted himself to historical painting , following the example of Fernand Cormon and Emmanuel Benner : from the Stone Age to the French Revolution .
For example, he illustrates the Stone Age era with the picture of a mother protecting her children from the attack of a hungry she-bear (1888). From the time of the French Revolution he painted the picture: "The Death of the Princess of Lamballe " (1908).
He also painted a large number of portraits.
A picture depicting a prehistoric bear hunt was attributed to him and Emmanuel Benner.
literature
- Jules Monjour: Faivre, Leon Maxime . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 208 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Maxime Faivre. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faivre, Léon Maxime |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Faivre, Léon Eugène Maxime |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French history painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 1941 |
| Place of death | Paris |