Lionel Royer

Lionel-Noël Royer

Lionel Royer ( Lionel-Noël Royer ; born December 25, 1852 in Château-du-Loir (today: Montval-sur-Loir ), Sarthe department ; † June 30, 1926 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine department ) was a French painter.

Life

At the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War , Royer joined the army. Under General Athanase de Charette de La Contrie (1832-1911) Royer fought in the battle of Loigny and Poupry, and this was noticeable for his bravery. After the end of the war, the general supported Royer with his own financial means and thereby enabled him to visit the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris . There Royer became a student of Alexandre Cabanel and William Adolphe Bouguereau, among others .

Lionel Royer died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in June 1926 at the age of 73 and found his final resting place in the cemetery of Fontenay-aux-Roses (Département Hauts-de-Seine).

Royer was married and had two daughters and a son.

Honors

• 1882: Prix ​​de Rome
• 1900: Bronze medal at the World Exhibition in Paris

Works (selection)

Triomphe de Vénus

Oil painting

• Triomphe de Vénus .
• Bataille de Wagram .
• Diane surprise .
• Colonel Athanase de Charette, Commandant des Zouaves Pontificaux .
• Cupido et Psyché .
• Vercingetorix jette ses armes aux pieds de César .
• Alfred Dreyfus dans sa cellule avant la déportation à l'île du diable .
• Marchande de fleurs .
• Auguste Comte et ses trois muses .

Others

• Decoration of the basilica of Bois-Chenu near Domrémy-la-Pucelle in the Vosges.
• Decoration of the Le Mans Cathedral .

literature

• Emmanuel Bénézit (ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays . New edition Grund, Paris 1999 ff.
• Jean-François Luneau: Felix Gaudin peintre verrier et mosaïste . Press Universitaire Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand 2006, pp. 406-407.

Web links

Commons : Lionel-Noël Royer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lionel Royer biography