Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Expand French Template:Infobox artist Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (8 August 1797 – 5 May 1890) was a French painter.

Biography

Born in Cologne, he was sent by his family to Paris, and after travelling in Italy returned to France and made his first appearance at the Salon in 1824; his reputation, however, was not established until three years later, when he exhibited Tasso at the Convent of Saint Onophrius.<ref name="EB1911">{{#if: |

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Endowed with a vigorous original talent, and with a vivid imagination, especially for the tragic incidents of history, he soon rose to fame, and in 1850 succeeded François Granet as member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In 1855, he was appointed professor and in 1863 director of the École des Beaux-Arts, and in the following year he went to Rome as director of the French Academy in that city.<ref name="EB1911"/>

His pupils included Marie-Adélaïde Baubry-Vaillant, David Bles, Marguerite Jacquelin, Template:Ill, Leon Kapliński and Henri Le Riche.<ref>Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury in the RKD</ref> His son, Tony Robert-Fleury, was also a painter.<ref name="EB1911"/>

Honours

1887: Knight in the Order of Leopold.<ref>Handelsblad (Het) 17 February 1887</ref>

Selected paintings

• Henry IV, After his Assassination
  Henry IV, After his Assassination
• Galileo before the Holy Office
  Galileo before the Holy Office
• Looting of a house in Giudecca
  Looting of a house in Giudecca
• Baldwin I Enters Edessa
  Baldwin I Enters Edessa
• Scene from the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
  Scene from the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

External links

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