Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury

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Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury
Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury by  [fr]
Born	(1797-08-08)8 August 1797 Cologne
Died	5 May 1890(1890-05-05) (aged 92) Paris
Known for	Painting

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

His pupils included Marie-Adélaïde Baubry-Vaillant, David Bles, Marguerite Jacquelin,  [fr], Leon Kapliński and  [fr].^[2] His son, Tony Robert-Fleury, was also a painter.^[1]

Honours[]

1887: Knight in the Order of Leopold.^[3]

Selected paintings[]

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  Henry IV, After his Assassination

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  Galileo before the Holy Office

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  Looting of a house in Giudecca

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  Baldwin I Enters Edessa

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  Scene from the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury at Wikimedia Commons