Émile Lévy
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Artworks: 23
French academic portrait and genre painter
Émile Lévy was a French genre and portrait painter. He was a pupil of François-Édouard Picot and Abel de Pujol. He also studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1854. On his return from Italy, he settled in Paris, and devoted himself to portrait painting. He exhibited in the Salon, receiving a first-class medal in 1878, and the Legion of Honor in 1867. Among the more important of his works are: “Noah Cursing Canaan” (1855); “Supper of the Martyrs” (1859); “Death of Orpheus” (1866), Luxembourg Museum; “Love and Folly” (1874); “Infancy” (1885); “The Elements,” Salon of Ministry of State, Louvre; “Presentation of the Virgin,” Trinity Church, Paris.
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Master student
- Abel de Pujol Student
Artworks by this artist (23 total)
- A Roman bath 1889
- La famille 1876
- Caligula indulging in the worship of the people 1877
- Le mariage 1876
- Diane Dans La Forêt 1883
- La Jeune mère 1883
- The death of Orpheus 1866 - 1885
- La demande 1876
- Le Premier Né 1880
- Bergère italienne
- Sleeping child 1871
- The Butterfly 1883
- Les Premiers Serments, La Demande en Mariage 1880
- Concert Ambassadeurs 1874
- Portrait of a Young Woman 1883
- La Ville de Paris Veille sur les Travaux de ses Habitants 1880
- Death Of Orpheus 1866
- Le Repos – La Postérité 1880
- La famille 1884
- La Noce Quitte la Maison Paternelle, Le Travail 1880