Paul-Alfred Parent de Curzon (7 September 1820 – 4 July 1895) was a French painter, known for his

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scenes and landscapes with figures.

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He was born in Moulinet,

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, to an aristocratic family. His grandfather was General . His older brother, Emmanuel (1811–1896), was a noted sociologist. In 1838, Curzon attended the

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and saw ' by

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. It made such an impression on him that he took up the study of pastels and decided to become a painter."Galerie Contemporaine, Alfred de Curzon (1820 - 1895), peintre français"
@ IberLibro In 1840, Curzon enrolled at the

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and studied with

Michel Martin Drolling Michel Martin Drolling (7 March 1786 – 9 January 1851) was a neoclassic French painter, painter of history and portraitist. Biography He was born in Paris. There, he began painting under the supervision of his father, the painter Martin Dr ...

. He had his début at the Salon in 1843. Upon the advice of one of his classmates, Louis Georges Brillouin (1817–1893), he switched to the landscape painting classes of Louis-Nicolas Cabat in 1845. Four years later, he produced his first major work, ''The Death of Milo of Croton''. This enabled him to obtain a stipend for two years of study in Rome. There, he made the acquaintance of Alexandre Cabanel. In 1852, he made an extensive tour of Greece, in the company of the writer, Edmond About, and the architect, Charles Garnier. Thereafter, Greek antiquities would play a major role in his work. In 1865, he was named a Chevalier in the

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'' He was awarded a first-class medal at the Exposition Universelle (1867). Many of Curzon's works may be seen in the Musée Sainte-Croix in

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. He died in Paris in 1895 and is buried in the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise He was married to Amélie Saglio (1838–1889), the sister of (1844–1904), an engineer and part-time painter. His son, Henri de Curzon (1861–1942), was a journalist and musicologist.

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More works by Curzon
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