Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (8 August 17975 May 1890) was a
French painter.
Biography
Born in
Cologne
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, he was sent by his family to
Paris
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, and after travelling in Italy returned to France and made his first appearance at the
Salon in 1824; his reputation, however, was not established until three years later, when he exhibited
Tasso
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at the Convent of
Saint Onophrius.
Endowed with a vigorous original talent, and with a vivid imagination, especially for the tragic incidents of history, he soon rose to fame, and in 1850 succeeded
François Granet as member of the
Académie des Beaux-Arts
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. In 1855, he was appointed professor and in 1863 director of the
École des Beaux-Arts
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, and in the following year he went to
Rome
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as director of the
French Academy
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in that city.
His pupils included
Marie-Adélaïde Baubry-Vaillant,
David Bles,
Marguerite Jacquelin, ,
Leon Kapliński and
Henri Le Riche. His son,
Tony Robert-Fleury
Tony Robert-Fleury (1 September 18378 December 1911) was a French painter, known primarily for historical scenes. He was also a prominent art teacher, with many famous artists among his students.
Biography
He was born just outside Paris, and st ...
, was also a painter.
Honours
1887: Knight in the
Order of Leopold.
[Handelsblad (Het) 17 February 1887]
Selected paintings
File:Henri IV mort rapporté au Louvre.jpg, '' Henry IV, After his Assassination''
File:Galileo before the Holy Office - Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, 1847.png, '' Galileo before the Holy Office''
Image:Augustins - Pillage d'une maison dans la giudecca de Venise au Moyen Age - Joseph Nicolas ROBERT-FLEURY - 2004 1 151.jpg, ''Looting of a house in Giudecca
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Geography
Giudecca lies immediately south of the central islands of Ve ...
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File:Baldwin of Boulogne entering Edessa in Feb 1098.JPG, '' Baldwin I Enters Edessa''
File:Scène de la saint-Barthélemy - Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury - MBA Lyon 2014.jpg, ''Scene from the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre''
References
External links
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1797 births
1890 deaths
Artists from Cologne
19th-century French painters
French male painters
French history painters
Members of the Académie des beaux-arts
Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)
19th-century French male artists