Léon Glaize (

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Biography

Pierre-Paul-Léon Glaize (more briefly called "Léon") was born into a family of artists. His father, the painter Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize initiated him into art and was his first teacher. At the age of 21 (1863) he enrolled at the

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in Paris and was assigned to the atelier of

. He worked profitably and three years later attempted the

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in painting, but only got the second prize. He thus began his professional career in the shadow of his father and in 1869 he debuted at the

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. He exhibited there for several years, obtaining numerous awards and medals, but never shone, although he worked hard and received several commissions. Léon Glaize participated in the decoration of the hall of arts of the City Hall of Paris and the wedding hall of the twentieth "arrondissement". In 1890, the issuing institute of the

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contacted him and commissioned him to study and then create the designs of the banknotes destined for the colonies. His paintings were accepted, along with those of others, and passed to the Bank of Madagascar, transformed into engravings by Charles-Jules Robert. He was called to serve on the jury of the Salon of the " Society of French Artists" and in 1906 was promoted to Officer of the

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. Léon Glaize died at the age of 89, presumably in Paris, and was buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery.

Works

List of works included in public collections. * New York : **

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, "''Face au miroir''" (1873), oil on canvas, 101 x 76 cm. * Mulhouse : ** Musée des Beaux-Arts: ''Samson déchirant ses liens'', 1864. * Paris : ** Church of Saint-Merri : decoration of a chapel of the south side of the ambulatory. ** City Hall of the XX "arrondissement" of Paris: *** ''Les Grands Hommes de la Révolution devant la Postérité'', 1889. *** ''La Famille et le Travail'' *** ''Le Mariage'', fresco in the wedding hall. *** ''Le Triomphe de la République'', 1891. * Rouen : ** Rouen Opera House: ''L'Apothéose de Corneille'', 1882, work destroyed during

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Salon

* ''Une conjuration aux premiers temps de Rome'', Salon of 1875, (work destroyed during

) * ''Le Christ aux limbes'', Salon in1900. Before the Mirror MET EP967.jpg, ''Davanti allo specchio'' Leon Glaize- the bird charmer-1875.jpg, ''L'incantatrice di uccelli''

References

Bibliography

* Dictionnaire Bénézit, ediz. Gründ 1999. Volume 6 - ISBN 2700030168

Other projects

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