Tony Robert-Fleury (1 September 18378 December 1911)
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Biography

He was born just outside

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, and studied under his father

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and under

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and

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at the

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(School of Fine Arts) in Paris. His first painting at the

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, in 1866, was a large historical canvas, titled ''Varsovie, Scène de l'Insurrection Polonaise'', recalling the events of 8 April 1861 in Warsaw, when Russian troops quenched riots by force. In the following year, his "Old Women in the Place Navone, Rome" was purchased by the

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In 1870, he painted a canvas of ''Le Dernier Jour de Corinthe'' (''Last Day of Corinth''), which depicted the last day before the Roman legions looted and burned the ancient Greek city, according to

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. This painting was also purchased by the Musée du Luxembourg, and is now on display at the Musée d'Orsay. In 1880, he painted a ceiling for the

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in Paris, representing "The Glorification of French Sculpture." Robert-Fleury painted '' Pinel a la Salpêtrière'' (1876), which depicts the famed ''Father of Modern Psychiatry'' among the inmates of the asylum. Philippe Pinel had been named chief doctor at the asylum in 1795, and had instituted more charitable and rational treatments. In 1875, Robert-Fleury painted ''

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at Caen'', which shows the woman coming to the conclusion that

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needed to be murdered. In 1882 he painted ''Vauban donnant le plan des fortifications de Belfort'' where the celebrated engineer is represented in Louis XIV costume reviewing maps and designs, while in the background laborers are building. Robert-Fleury taught as a

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for many years at the Académie Julian in Paris. Robert-Fleury became president of the ''

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'' in succession to

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. He was honoured with Commander of the

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in 1907. In 1908 he was elected president of the Taylor Foundation, a position he held until the end of his life. He acquired a great reputation and is renowned for his historical compositions, portraits and genre scenes; at his ''

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'' he taught several well-known painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries from various countries, including

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Louise-Cécile Descamps-Sabouret Louise-Cécile Descamps-Sabouret (born 3 October 1855 Paris) was a French painter and botanical artist. She studied under Tony Robert-Fleury and made her debut at the 1879 Paris Salon. In 1883 she became a member of the Société des Artistes Fr ...

and Sir George Clausen.

Gallery

File:Massacre de Varsóvia 1861- Tony Robert-Fleury.jpg, ''Varsovie, Scene de l'Insurrection polonaise'' File:Philippe Pinel à la Salpêtrière .jpg, '' Pinel at the Salpêtrière''. Pinel orders removal of chains from patients at Paris Asylum for insane women. File:Robert-fleury-Le Dernier Jour de Corinthe.jpg, ''Le Dernier Jour de Corinthe'', 1870

Pupils

Some of Robert-Fleury's more prominent pupils were:

References

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