Léon Benouville (painter)

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François-Léon Benouville (born March 30, 1821 in Paris , † February 16, 1859 there ) was a French painter .

Léon Benouville first studied together with his brother Jean-Achille Benouville (1815-1891) under François-Édouard Picot , before moving to the École des Beaux-Arts in 1837 . A year later he made his debut at the Paris Salon . Like his brother, he received the Prix ​​de Rome in 1845 . His works from Rome are influenced by early Christianity and often show depictions of antiquity.

Many of his paintings and drawings are in the Louvre , others in the Musée d'Orsay , the Musée des beaux-arts in Pau , the Musée de Brou in Bourg-en-Bresse and the Musée Fabre , Montpellier.

Up to $ 38,000 is paid for his oil paintings in the art market today.

gallery

  • Leconte de Floris in Egyptian uniform ("Portrait de Leconte de Floris en uniforme de l'armée égytienne", 1840).

  • Esther or Odalisque ("Esther ou Odalisque", 1844).

  • The wrath of Achilles
    (“La colère d'Achille”, 1847).

literature

  • Marie-Madeleine Aubrun: Léon Benouville, 1821-1859: Catalog raisonné de l'œuvre . Paris 1981 (catalog raisonné)

Web links

Commons : Léon Benouville  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the website of a global auction house , accessed on December 26, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Benouville, Léon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Benouville, François-Léon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1859
Place of death Paris