François-Léon Benouville
François-Léon Benouville | |
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Born | 30 March 1821 |
Died | 16 February 1859 |
Education | École des Beaux-Arts |
Movement | Neoclassical, Orientalist |
Awards | Prix de Rome (1845); Prix des Beaux Arts (1845) with Alexandre Cabanel |
François-Léon Benouville (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa leɔ̃ bənuvil]; Paris 30 March 1821 – 16 February 1859 Paris) was a French painter noted for his Neoclassical religious compositions and for painting Orientalist subjects.
Life and career
[edit]Léon Benouville first studied with his elder brother, Jean-Achille Benouville (1815–1891), in the studio of François-Edouard Picot before he transferred to École des Beaux-Arts in 1837. Like his brother he received the Prix de Rome in 1845. Both he and his brother travelled to Rome. In Rome, as a Prix de Rome pensionary at the Villa Medici. He remained there for a year, but his brother stayed on for two more years. His works produced in Rome are influenced by early Christianity and often show representations of antiquity.
Work and style
[edit]Benouville was best known for his portraits, mythological and religious compositions in the Neoclassical and Orientalist style. He worked in oils, ink and chalk.
Awards, prizes and honours
[edit]In 1845, Benouville, together with contemporary Alexandre Cabanel, was the recipient of the Prix des Beaux Arts for his painting, Jesus at the Pretorium.[1]
Select list of paintings
[edit]- Portrait of Leconte de Floris 1840
- Melancholy c. 1843
- Esther 1844
- The Mockery of Christ 1845
- The Wrath of Achilles 1847
- Christian Martyrs enter the Amphitheatre, c.1855
Gallery
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Samuel anoints David, 1842
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Cincinnatus Receives a Deputation from the Senate, 1844
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Jésus at the Pretorium, 1843, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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Christian Martyrs enter the Amphitheatre,
c. 1855, Musée d'Orsay, Paris -
Portrait of Paul Baudry (French painter), c. 1855
See also
[edit]List of Orientalist artists Orientalism
References
[edit]- ^ Glueck, Grace (1998-04-03). "ART REVIEW; After the Fad: A Salon Favorite Now Forgotten". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
External links
[edit]Media related to Léon Benouville at Wikimedia Commons
- François-Léon Benouville on Artcyclopedia
- Hudson River school visions: the landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Benouville (see index)