Jules-Eugène Lenepveu Boussaroque de Lafont, known as Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819 – 16 October 1898) was a French painter.

Biography

Born at Angers, he studied at the école des Beaux-Arts, and later was a pupil of

François-Édouard Picot François-Édouard Picot (; 10 October 1786 in Paris – 15 March 1868 in Paris) was a French painter during the July Monarchy, painting mythological, religious and historical subjects. Life Born in Paris, Picot won the Prix de Rome paintin ...

in Paris. He entered the École nationale. After winning the Prix de Rome in 1847 with his painting of ''The Death of Vitellius'', he went to Rome to complete his education.Grunchec, Philippe (1985). ''The Grand Prix de Rome: Paintings from the École des Beaux-Arts, 1797–1863''. Washington, DC: International Exhibitions Foundation. pp. 102, 156. He became famous for his vast historical canvases, including the ceilings of the

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(1869–71; covered by a

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work), and of the theatre at Angers (1871). He was director of the French Academy in Rome from 1872 to 1878. Between 1886 and 1890, he painted the fresco of the life of Joan of Arc at the Panthéon, Paris. In 1900, two years after his death, a monument to him was put up in the courtyard of the Musée des Beaux-Arts, and a pedestrianised street in Angers was later named after him.

Scenes from the Legend of Joan of Arc

Image:Jeanne d'Arc - Panthéon I.jpg, Joan as Shepherdess Image:Lenepveu, Jeanne d'Arc au siège d'Orléans.jpg, Joan in Armour at

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Reims Cathedral Image:Joan_of_arc_burning_at_stake.jpg, Joan at the Stake in

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenepveu, Jules Eugene 1819 births 1898 deaths People from Angers 19th-century French painters French male painters Prix de Rome for painting 19th-century French male artists