French Painter and Sculptor, 1842-1923,was an orientalist French painter and sculptor. He was Charles Gleyre's and Jean-Leon G??rome's pupil. A Paris street was named after him in 1932. Related Paintings of Jean Lecomte Du Nouy :. | Adolphe Cremieux | The supper of Beaucaire | The White Slave | The Opium Smoker | Gates of the Seraglio, Souvenir of Cairo. | Related Artists:
GUARDI, GianantonioItalian Rococo Era Painter, ca.1699-1761
Lear, EdwardEnglish Painter and Illustrator, 1818-1888
English painter, draughtsman, illustrator and writer. In the 1860s Lear described himself as 'Greek Topographical Painter par excellence', aspiring to the title of 'Painter-Laureate and Boshproducing-Luminary forthwith' (quoted in 1983 exh. cat., p. 14). This whimsical summary of his versatile activities as topographical draughtsman, oil painter, traveller, writer and illustrator of nonsense rhymes and stories is typical of Lear's idiosyncratic literary style. It reflected his eccentric personality. He was epileptic and prone to fits of deep depression. In addition, owing to family misfortunes,
Manuel OraziFrench, 1860-1934