Théophile-Louis Deyrolle (16 December 1844,

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- 14 December 1923,

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) was a French painter, illustrator and ceramicist.

Biography

He came from a family of

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s and

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s who owned a well-known

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shop in Paris.

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and

Émile Deyrolle Émile Deyrolle (1838–1917) was a French naturalist and natural history dealer in Paris. The business was originally owned by his naturalist grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Deyrolle who opened his shop in 1831 at 23, Rue de la Monnaie. Émile’s fa ...

were among his relatives. Originally, he studied architecture at the

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. While working for Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, he met Alfred Guillou who convinced him to give up architecture for painting. He then became a student and assistant in the studios of

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and William Bouguereau.Museum of Pont Aven: Exhibition notes with biography.
(Cached) In 1863, due perhaps to his family's reputation, he was able to travel to Armenia and

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on a commission from the

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.Breton Gallery (Milmo-Penny Fine Art): Brief biography
(Scroll down) In addition to touring the monuments, he visited the Laz, gaining their trust and producing drawings and descriptions that were published in ''Le Tour du Monde - Nouveau Journal Des Voyages'' over the course of several years beginning in 1869. Some of his artist friends at Concarneau also published their versions of his drawings. In 1871, he and Guillou left for Concarneau, Alfred's hometown, with nothing more than they could carry. The next year, he married Alfred's sister, Suzanne (1846-1933), who was also an artist, becoming a

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by adoption. Together, they founded the artists' colony there. Once he became settled there. he began work for HB de Quimper, decorating plates and vases with Japanese motifs. He was also attracted to the life of the port and the maritime trades and became a part-time

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. Most of his paintings deal with the life of the harbor. Many inns and hotels in the area are decorated with his landscapes and pastoral scenes.

References

Selected paintings

File:Théophile Deyrolle - L'Arrivée au Pardon de Fouesnant.jpg, "Arrival of the

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at Fouesnant" File:Théophile Deyrolle Les joueurs de boules Beuzec-Conq Musée beaux-arts Quimper.jpg, "The Boule players" File:Théophile Deyrolle - Le Repos des faneurs.jpg, " Tedders Resting". File:Théophile Deyrolle Le pardon en Bretagne.jpg, "The Pardon in Brittany".

External links

The Concarneau Art Colony.
From ''Rural Artists' Colonies in Europe, 1870-1910'', by Nina Lübbren @ Google Books

Portrait of Deyrolle by E. B. Hirschfeld (1867-1922).
ArtNet: More works by Deyrolle
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Biography

See also

References

Further reading

Selected paintings

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