Tony Robert-Fleury

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Tony Robert-Fleury

Tony Robert-Fleury (born September 1, 1837 in Paris ; † December 6 or 8, 1911 there or in Viroflay , Seine-et-Oise) was a French history painter .

Life

Varsovie, le 8 avril 1861
Warsaw, April 8, 1861
Le bain - The Bath (1903)
Tony Robert-Fleury in his Paris studio.

Tony Robert-Fleury was the son of Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury . After finishing school, Robert-Fleury became a student of the painter Léon Cogniet . Through his recommendation, he later found accommodation in Paul Delaroche's studio . There Robert-Fleury soon made friends with his other students, such as Gustave Boulanger , Louis Gallet and Ernest Hebert . In 1866 his painting Warsaw in April 1861 , which described a current event of the day and showed the bloodbath on Palace Square on April 8, 1861 in Warsaw, was exhibited and awarded at the Paris Salon. Other paintings followed, such as a scene from the last days of Corinth (1870).

In addition to his works from history, Robert-Fleury also created portraits and genre scenes . Among his works there are also more intimate motifs, such as the lady bathing ( French Le bain ), which, together with the painting Sous la Révolution , was shown at the Paris Salon in 1903.

Awards

  • Robert-Fleury received medals in 1866 (for Warsaw in 1861) and in 1870 (for Corinth) a medal of honor from the Paris Salon (until 1878 “Salon des Artistes Français”).
  • In 1873 he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor .
  • In 1878 he was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Exposition Universelle (World Exhibition).
  • In 1884 he became an officer of the Legion of Honor.
  • In 1889 he won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle
  • Since 1882 he was a permanent member of the salon and in 1900 also a member of the jury, at the same time he was declared an “Hors Concours” so that he was allowed to exhibit his own work at the Exposition Universelle without the approval of the jury.
  • In 1907 he became commander of the Legion of Honor.

He was also president of the Société des Artistes Français in 1904 .

Schoolchildren (selection)

Works (selection)

  • Warsaw in April (1861)
  • The Polish uprising
  • The old women of Piazza Navona in Rome (1867)
  • The Danaids (1873)
  • Charlotte Corday in Caen 1793 (1874)
  • The capture of Corinth (1870)
  • Doctor Pinel , who freed the madmen of the Salpétrière from their chains (1876)

literature

Web links

Commons : Tony Robert-Fleury  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary - Tony Robert-Fleury . In: American Art News . tape 10 , no. 10 , 1911, ISSN  1944-0227 , pp. 4-5 , JSTOR : 25590792 (English).
  2. ↑ Axel Holck : [Robert-Fleury] 2) Tony . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 20 : Renden – Schinkel . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1926, p. 252 (Danish, runeberg.org - in the community entry with his father, different death date December 6th).
  3. ^ A b Robert-Fleury, Tony . In: Emmanuel Bénézit (Ed.): Dictionary of Artists . doi : 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.B00153706 (English, beginning of article - different year of death 1912).
  4. ^ François Guillaume Dumas, Ludovic Baschet: Catalog illustré . L. Baschet, Paris 1879, p. 165 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  5. ^ Tony Robert-Fleury. Musées d'Occitanie, accessed August 19, 2019 .
  6. ^ Robert-Fleury, Joseph Nicolas . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 23 : Refectory - Sainte-Beuve . London 1911, p. 403 (English, full text [ Wikisource ] - in the father's article).
  7. ^ L'association - Le Salon des Artistes Français. artistes-francais.com, accessed on August 19, 2019 (in the section: Présidents de la société depuis 1881).
  8. ↑ a b Official illustrated catalog: fine arts exhibit, United States of America, Paris Exposition of 1900 . Noyes, Platt & Co., Boston 1900, p. 26 and 29 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Robert-Fleury, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robert-Fleury, Toni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French history painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1911
Place of death Paris