Émile Lévy
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
- Concert Ambassadeurs 1874
- Diane Dans La Forêt 1883
- La Jeune mère 1883
- Le Repos – La Postérité 1880
- Le mariage 1876
- Bergère italienne
- Death Of Orpheus 1866
- Vercingetorix Throws Down His Arms At The Feet Of Julius Caesar 1863
- Le Futur Époux Fait Orner sa Maison 1880
- Portrait of a Young Woman 1883
- The death of Orpheus 1866 - 1885
- Sleeping child 1871
- La Future Épouse Recoit des Cadeaux de ses Amies 1880
- Les Premiers Serments, La Demande en Mariage 1880
- La Noce Quitte la Maison Paternelle, Le Travail 1880
- The Butterfly 1883
- La Ville de Paris Veille sur les Travaux de ses Habitants 1880
- Le Premier Né 1880
- La famille 1884
- Caligula indulging in the worship of the people 1877