Théophile Gide

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Théophile Gide (born March 15, 1822 in Paris ; † November 29, 1890 there ) was a French genre and history painter .

Théophile Gide received his artistic training from Paul Delaroche and Léon Cogniet in 1840 and exhibited for the first time at the Paris Salon in 1845 . 1866 was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor .

He devoted himself primarily to the genre scenes of Italian folk life, which he knows how to express in a true-to-nature, very characteristic way, but also to the historical genre and the interior.

Works

  • 1865: The studying monks (Alençon Museum)
  • 1866: Visit of Pope Pius IX. in a nunnery
  • 1866: Rehearsal of a musical mass (Museum in Roubaix)
  • 1875: Another glass!
  • 1876: Charles IX. who has to sign the order to slaughter the Huguenots
  • 1876: The quarrel at the game
  • 1877: The interior of St. Mark's Church in Venice
  • 1877: Louis IX. surprised by his court jester at prayer
  • 1878: The young invalid
  • ???: The letter of recommendation
  • ???: Indiscreet trust
  • ???: Monks playing chess
  • ???: The wounded Coligny is killed by Charles IX. and visited his entourage
  • ???: Gallilée expliquant ses découvertes devant la Seigneurie de Venise , oil on canvas, 93 × 134 cm, Bordeaux, Musée des beaux-arts
personal data
SURNAME Gide, Théophile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French genre and history painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1890
Place of death Paris