Levee du Siege de Malte by Charles Philippe Lariviere 1798 1876

Charles-Philippe Larivière (28 September 1798 in

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– 29 February 1876 in Paris) was a French

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painter and

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Biography

A talented student of Paulin Guérin, Girodet-Trioson and

Antoine-Jean Gros Antoine-Jean Gros (; 16 March 177125 June 1835) was a French painter of historical subjects. He was granted the title of Baron Gros in 1824. Gros studied under Jacques-Louis David in Paris and began an independent artistic career during the ...

, he was admitted to the école des Beaux-Arts in 1813 and won second prize in the

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in 1819 then a médaille d'encouragement in 1820. In 1824, he won first prize in the Prix de Rome with a painting of ''The Death of

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'', thus allowing him to stay in Rome at the

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from 1824 to 1830. Receptive to the sensibilities of the Romantic school but formed within the discipline of classicism, he became an official artist specialising in

history painting History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often (but not exclusively) Greek and Roman mythology and B ...

s of public events and battles of the

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(such as the Battle of the Dunes) and the medieval period (such as Montgisard and Castillon). However, he also produced portraits of public figures and religious works. He first exhibited at the

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of 1827 and won a medal in 1831 and 1855. He benefitted from important public commissions (such as 3 paintings in the

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at the

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) and received the

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in 1836. He was also awarded the

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n Nichan Iftikhar. Among the portraits of historic figures which he assigned to the paintings collection at the Musée d'Histoire de France at Versailles are those of marshals Rochambeau, Bugeaud and Saint-Arnaud. His standing portrait of général Dode de La Brunerie hung on the escalier d'honneur of the Pavillon du Roi, at the

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. He also decorated a chapel dedicated to Saint-Eustache and, like

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, produced cartoons for stained glass windows for the

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. On his death, his family left what was left in his studio for the

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. The last painting by Larivière to enter a French public collection was ''Le Tasse convalescent au couvent de Saint-Onufre'', acquired in 2001 by the

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Family

Charles-Philippe Larivière was the grandson of the painter Charles Lepeintre and uncle by marriage to the painter

Albert Maignan Albert Pierre René Maignan (14 October 1845 – 29 September 1908) was a French history painter and illustrator. Biography In 1864, he left his hometown to study law in Paris, earning his diploma in 1866. During his studies he also paint ...

. His brother Louis-Eugène Larivière (c1801-1823) was also a painter. Albert Maignan left the

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a portrait by Louis-Eugene of Eugénie-Paméla Larivière (c 1804–1824), sister to Charles-Philippe and Louis-Eugène.

Gallery

Versailles

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Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes (27 November 1790 – 10 June 1860) was a French French Navy, admiral and French Senate, senator. Life Born in Paris to an aristocratic family, Alexandre was the nephew of the mathematician Marc-Antoine P ...

(1790–1860) File:Rémy-Isidore Exelmans.jpg, Rémy-Isidore Exelmans (1775–1852) File:Bugeaud, Thomas - 2.jpg, Thomas Bugeaud (1784–1849) File:Portrait d'Ibrahim Pacha 2.JPG, Ibrahim Pacha (1789–1848) File:Roussin, Albin.jpg, Albin Roussin (1781–1854)

Other

File:L'avènement de Louis-Philippe.jpg, '' The Arrival of the Duke of Orleans at the Hôtel de Ville'' (1836)

References

*Isabelle Loddé : ''Charles-Philippe Larivière, peintre : sa vie, son œuvre (1798–1876)'', thesis submitted to the université de Paris IV-Sorbonne on 18 November 2005, under the supervision of Bruno Foucart. *

Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography ...

: ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' (Paris, 1880). {{DEFAULTSORT:Lariviere 1798 births 1876 deaths 19th-century French painters French male painters École des Beaux-Arts alumni Pupils of Antoine-Jean Gros Recipients of the Legion of Honour Prix de Rome for painting 19th-century painters of historical subjects 19th-century French male artists