Victor Florence Pollet
Victor Florence Pollet (born November 22, 1811 in Paris , † December 11, 1882 in Mayenne ) was a French nude and history painter and engraver .
Pollet was a student of the history painter Paul Delaroc and the copper engraver Théodore Richomme . He continued his studies at the École des beaux-arts de Paris . In 1838 he received the Prix de Rome for an engraving. After a stay in Rome, where he worked with watercolor and copperplate engraving, he returned to Paris in 1845. Pollet created numerous watercolors and copperplate engravings based on his own and other people's templates. He was friends with Pierre Puvis de Chavannes .
literature
- G. Cougny: Pollet, Victor Florence. In: La grande encyclopédie. Inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts. Volume 27, Paris 1900, p. 141 ( digitized version ).
- Pollet, Victor Florence . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 218 .
- Emmanuel Bénézit (founder): Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs , 4th edition, Gründ, Paris 1999, volume 11, p. 109
Web links
Commons : Victor Florence Pollet - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Victor Florence Pollet. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pollet, Victor Florence |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French nude and history painter and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1882 |
| Place of death | Mayenne (city) |