Lefebvre, Jules |
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BORN 14 Mar 1836, Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne - DIED 24 Feb 1912, Paris BIRTH NAME Lefebvre, Jules Joseph GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel (division 14) |
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Jules Lefebvre was the son of a baker. His father sent him to Paris to study with Léon Cogniet in 1852 and he entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts soon afterwards. In 1855 he debuted at the Salon in Paris. In 1859 he entered a painting for the Prix de Rome but he became second. In 1861 he won the Prix de Rome with "The Death of Priam" (Now at the Beaux-Arts de Paris). In Rome he studied the Italian masters and in 1863 he painted his first female nude. In 1866 his painting "Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi" was severely criticised and in the same year both his parents and one of his sisters died. He sank into a depression but emerged from it and returned to Paris. Further nudes met with more success. He exhibited in the Salon in Paris for many more years. He also worked as a professor at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1870. His pupils included Fernand Khnopff, Félix Valloton, Kenyon Cox, William Hartm Alice Beckington and Laura Leroux-Revault. In 1874 he painted the Prince Imperial. His painting "Graziella" is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1891 and in 1898 he became a Commander in the Legion of Honor. He died in 1911 in Paris. Related persons • was teacher of Benner, Many • was teacher of Böcklin, Hans • was pupil of Cogniet, Léon • was teacher of Denis, Maurice • was teacher of Gardner-Bouguereau, Elizabeth • was teacher of Khnopff, Fernand • was teacher of Tenré, Henry • was teacher of Vogel, Hugo |
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 The grave of Jules Lefebvre at the Cimetière Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (20 Feb 2016) |
 The grave of Jules Lefebvre at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (31 Oct 2022) |
Sources • Beyern, Bertrand, Guide des Cimetières en France, Le Cherche Midi Éditeur, Paris, 1994 • Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (editie 1909), 1909 • Jules Joseph Lefebvre - Wikipedia (EN) |
