The Lyon School () is a term for a group of French artists which gathered around

Paul Chenavard Paul-Marc-Joseph Chenavard (9 December 1808 – 1895) was a French painter. Life Entering the École des beaux-arts en 1825, he studied in the studio of Ingres alongside his friend Joseph Guichard, then in the studios of Hersent and Delacroix ...

. It was founded by

Pierre Revoil Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

, one of the representatives of the

Troubadour style Taking its name from medieval troubadours, the Troubadour Style () is a rather derisive term, in English usually applied to French historical painting of the early 19th century with idealised depictions of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In ...

. It included

Victor Orsel André Jacques Victor Orsel (25 May 1795, Oullins - 1 November 1850, Paris) was a French painter; primarily of religious subjects. Biography He was born to an old merchant family of Dauphiné. His father, Jacques Orsel (1750-1800), was a gauze ...

Louis Janmot Anne-François-Louis Janmot (21 May 1814 – 1 June 1892) was a French painter and poet. Early years Janmot was born in Lyon, France, of Catholic parents who were deeply religious. He was extremely moved by the death of his brother in 1823 and ...

and

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, and was nicknamed "the prison of painting" by

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. It was principally inspired by philosophical-moral and religious themes, and as a current was closely related to the British

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painters and poets. Recognized at the

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, the school was consecrated 16 February 1851 by the creation of the gallery of painters from Lyon (''galerie des Artistes lyonnais'') at the

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. Between 1890 and 1909 a younger generation of artists of divers inspirations would become associated with L'École de Lyon (or École lyonnaise) exhibiting at the ''Le Salon'' in Lyon (Salon de la Société Lyonnaise des Beaux-Arts): artists such as Joanny Arlin, Philippe Audras, Jean Bardon, Alexandre Baudin, André Baudin,

Camille Bouvagne Camille Bouvagne (born Jean-Baptiste Camille Bouvagne) (1864–1936) was a French painter from Lyon, France. A member of the Lyon School (L'École de Lyon or École lyonnaise), Bouvagne exhibited regularly at the Le Salon in Lyon (Salon de la So ...

, Marguerite Brun, , Anna Dugoin, Marie Saubiez-Euler, Pierre Euler, , , Marie Giron, Georges Glaise, Gustave Karcher, Marthe Koch, Théodore Lévigne, Jules Medard, Hugues Méray, Alphonse Muscat, Henry Oberkampff, Edouard Paupin, Victor-Philippe Flipsen (Philipsen), Louis Piot, Henri Ray, Henri Raynaud, Ernest Roman, Jean Seignemartin, Glaudius Seignol, Gabriel Trévoux, Louis Vollen, André Cruz and Pedro Damas.Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, Ville de Lyon, ''Le Passe-temps'', page 1 of 2
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Exhibition

* ''Le temps de la peinture : Lyon 1800–1914'', 20 April – 30 July 2007,

Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon The Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon (, ) is a municipal museum of fine arts in the French city of Lyon. Located near the Place des Terreaux, it is housed in a former Benedictine convent which was active during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was res ...

Bibliography

* Sylvie Ramond, Gérard Bruyère and Léna Widerkher, ''Le Temps de la peinture, Lyon 1800–1914'', exhibition catalogue, Fage éditions, Lyon (2007) 335 p.

References

{{Reflist French art movements Painters from Lyon