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CHARLES GLEYRE Art Book contains 20+ Reproductions of portraits, religious and genre scenes with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).
BORN: May 2,1806 in Chevilly, Vaud, Switzerland.
DIED: May 5, 1874 in Paris, France.
MOVEMENT: Academic
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Gleyre was raised by an uncle in Lyons, France after the death of both of his parents.
§ Gleyre traveled for six years in Greece, Egypt, Nubia and Syria. He became sick twice, with ophthalmia and a high fever, and soon returned home to Lyons.
§ After recovering, Gleyre moved to Paris and opened his own studio.
§ When Delaroche closed his studio, he referred his students to Gleyre for instruction. Gleyre accepted and offered lessons twice a week without any fee or payment.
§ Gleyre’s students included; Alfred Sisley, James Whistler, Jean-Leon Gerome, Edward Poynter, Jean-Frédéric Bazille and Claude Monet.
NOTABLE WORKS:
Separation of the Apostles,The Prodigal Son, and Daphnis and Chloe Returning from the Mountain.
BORN: May 2,1806 in Chevilly, Vaud, Switzerland.
DIED: May 5, 1874 in Paris, France.
MOVEMENT: Academic
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Gleyre was raised by an uncle in Lyons, France after the death of both of his parents.
§ Gleyre traveled for six years in Greece, Egypt, Nubia and Syria. He became sick twice, with ophthalmia and a high fever, and soon returned home to Lyons.
§ After recovering, Gleyre moved to Paris and opened his own studio.
§ When Delaroche closed his studio, he referred his students to Gleyre for instruction. Gleyre accepted and offered lessons twice a week without any fee or payment.
§ Gleyre’s students included; Alfred Sisley, James Whistler, Jean-Leon Gerome, Edward Poynter, Jean-Frédéric Bazille and Claude Monet.
NOTABLE WORKS:
Separation of the Apostles,The Prodigal Son, and Daphnis and Chloe Returning from the Mountain.
