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'''Jules Joseph Lefebvre''' ({{star}}14 March 1836 – {{dag}}24 February 1911) was a French painter, educator and theorist.
'''Jules Joseph Lefebvre''' ({{star}}14 March 1836 – {{dag}}24 February 1911) was a French painter, educator and theorist.


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== Career ==
== Career ==
He won the prestigious Prix de Rome with his painting The Death of Priam in 1861. Between 1855 and 1898, he exhibited 72 portraits at the Paris Salon. Many of his paintings feature single figures of beautiful women. Among the portraits considered his best were those of M. L. Reynaud and the Prince Imperial (1874). In 1891, he became a member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts.
He won the prestigious Prix de Rome for his painting The Death of Priam in 1861. Between 1855 and 1898, he exhibited 72 portraits at the Paris Salon. Many of his works feature single figures of beautiful women. Among the portraits he is considered best known for are those of M. L. Reynaud and the Prince Imperial (1874). In 1891, he became a member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts.


He served as a professor at the Académie Julian in Paris. Lefebvre is primarily esteemed as an exceptional and compassionate educator, having instructed over 1,500 students, many of whom were Americans. His distinguished pupils include Fernand Khnopff, Kenyon Cox, Félix Vallotton, Ernst Friedrich von Liphart, Georges Rochegrosse, the Scottish-born landscape artist William Hart, Walter Lofthouse Dean, and Edmund C. Tarbell, who gained recognition as an American Impressionist painter. Additionally, one of his students was the miniaturist Alice Beckington, along with Laura Leroux-Revault, the daughter of his associate Louis Hector Leroux. Jules Benoit-Lévy also participated in his workshop at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
He was a professor at the Académie Julian in Paris. Lefebvre is chiefly important as an excellent and sympathetic teacher who counted many Americans among his more than 1500 pupils. Among his famous students were Fernand Khnopff, Kenyon Cox, Félix Vallotton, Ernst Friedrich von Liphart, Georges Rochegrosse, the Scottish-born landscape painter William Hart, Walter Lofthouse Dean, and Edmund C. Tarbell, who became an American Impressionist painter. Another pupil was the miniaturist Alice Beckington, as well as Laura Leroux-Revault, the daughter of his friend Louis Hector Leroux. Jules Benoit-Lévy entered his workshop at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
 
Lefebvre died in Paris on 24 February 1911 and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery with a bas-relief depiction of his painting La Vérité on his grave.


Lefebvre passed away in Paris on February 24, 1911, and was laid to rest in Montmartre Cemetery, where his grave features a bas-relief depiction of his painting La Vérité.
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Image:lamour_blesse.jpg|''L'amour Blesse'' (Love Hurts)
Image:lamour_blesse.jpg|''L'amour Blesse'' (Love Hurts)
image:The_Truth-Lefebvre.jpg|''The Truth'' (1870)
image:The_Truth-Lefebvre.jpg|''The Truth''  
image:La_Cigale_after_Lefebvre.jpg|La Cigle (1872)
image:Diane surprise (Diana sorprendida).jpg|''Diana Surprised''<ref group="Note">Diana Surprised (French: Diane surprise) is an 1879 oil painting by Jules Joseph Lefebvre.[1][2] It depicts Diana and her attendants trying to cover themselves are being surprised while bathing naked. Lefebvre didn't feel it was complete in time for the Exposition Universelle of 1878, but it was featured at the Salon of 1879 at the Louvre in Paris. Today it is in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Argentina.</ref>
image:Diane surprise (Diana sorprendida).jpg|''Diana Surprised''<ref group="Note">Diana Surprised (French: Diane surprise) is an 1879 oil painting by Jules Joseph Lefebvre. It depicts Diana and her attendants trying to cover themselves are being surprised while bathing naked. Lefebvre didn't feel it was complete in time for the Exposition Universelle of 1878, but it was featured at the Salon of 1879 at the Louvre in Paris. Today it is in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Argentina.</ref>
image:Odalisque after Lefebre.jpg|Odalisque after Lefebre (1894)
image:Psyché_by_Jules-Joseph_Lefebvre.jpg|''Psyché'' (1883)
image:morning-glory.jpg|Morning Glory
image:Sappho-Lefebvre-1884.jpg|Sappho (1884)
image:Psyché_by_Jules-Joseph_Lefebvre.jpg|Psyché, 1883.
image:Lady_godiva_full.jpg|''Lady Godiva'' (1890)
image:Lady_godiva_full.jpg|Lady Godiva
image:Odalisque after Lefebre.jpg|''Odalisque'' after Lefebre (1894)
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091024224727/http://www.theartwerx.org/lefebvre.html TheARTwerx – Lefebvre Gallery]: Comprehensive archive of 141 images
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091024224727/http://www.theartwerx.org/lefebvre.html TheARTwerx – Lefebvre Gallery]: Comprehensive archive of 141 images
*[http://www.jules-joseph-lefebvre.org Jules-Joseph-Lefebvre.org]: 42 images by Jules Joseph Lefebvre
*[http://www.jules-joseph-lefebvre.org Jules-Joseph-Lefebvre.org]: 42 images by Jules Joseph Lefebvre ( inactive as of 04/25 R/ )
*[http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=188 Art Renewal Centre – Lefebvre Gallery]
*[http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=188 Art Renewal Centre – Lefebvre Gallery]
*[http://www.paintingiant.com/jules-joseph-lefebvre/ Jules Joseph Lefebvre], paintingiant.com
*[http://www.paintingiant.com/jules-joseph-lefebvre/ Jules Joseph Lefebvre], paintingiant.com ( inactive as of 04/25 R/ )
* [https://conchigliadivenere.wordpress.com/category/lefebvre-jules-joseph/ Conchigliadivenere]
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Latest revision as of 11:56, 17 April 2025

Jules Joseph Lefebvre
Jules Joseph Lefebvre photo.jpg
Photo of Jules Joseph Lefebvre (prior to 1903)
Background information
Born Mar 14, 1836
Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, France
Died Feb 24, 1911 - at age 75
Paris, France
Occupation: Artist (Oil paintings)
Editor's note about articles in this category

Jules Joseph Lefebvre (✦14 March 1836 – †24 February 1911) was a French painter, educator and theorist.

Early life

Lefebvre was born in Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, on 14 March 1836. He entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1852 and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet.

Career

He won the prestigious Prix de Rome for his painting The Death of Priam in 1861. Between 1855 and 1898, he exhibited 72 portraits at the Paris Salon. Many of his works feature single figures of beautiful women. Among the portraits he is considered best known for are those of M. L. Reynaud and the Prince Imperial (1874). In 1891, he became a member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts.

He was a professor at the Académie Julian in Paris. Lefebvre is chiefly important as an excellent and sympathetic teacher who counted many Americans among his more than 1500 pupils. Among his famous students were Fernand Khnopff, Kenyon Cox, Félix Vallotton, Ernst Friedrich von Liphart, Georges Rochegrosse, the Scottish-born landscape painter William Hart, Walter Lofthouse Dean, and Edmund C. Tarbell, who became an American Impressionist painter. Another pupil was the miniaturist Alice Beckington, as well as Laura Leroux-Revault, the daughter of his friend Louis Hector Leroux. Jules Benoit-Lévy entered his workshop at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.

Lefebvre passed away in Paris on February 24, 1911, and was laid to rest in Montmartre Cemetery, where his grave features a bas-relief depiction of his painting La Vérité.

  • Paintings by Jules Joseph Lefebvre
  • L'amour Blesse (Love Hurts)

    L'amour Blesse (Love Hurts)

  • The Truth

    The Truth

  • Diana Surprised[Note 1]

    Diana Surprised[Note 1]

  • Odalisque after Lefebre (1894)

    Odalisque after Lefebre (1894)

  • Morning-glory.jpg

    Morning Glory

  • Psyché, 1883.

    Psyché, 1883.

  • Lady Godiva

    Lady Godiva

Notes

  1. ↑ Diana Surprised (French: Diane surprise) is an 1879 oil painting by Jules Joseph Lefebvre.[1][2] It depicts Diana and her attendants trying to cover themselves are being surprised while bathing naked. Lefebvre didn't feel it was complete in time for the Exposition Universelle of 1878, but it was featured at the Salon of 1879 at the Louvre in Paris. Today it is in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Argentina.

External links

More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Jules_Joseph_Lefebvre ]
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