Louis-Théodore Devilly

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Marshal Randon in Kabylie
Infantryman Ambushed in the Snow

Louis-Théodore Devilly (28 October 1818, Metz – 24 December 1886, Nancy) was a French painter who specialized in military and Orientalist scenes; associated with the  [fr].

Biography[]

He came from a family of booksellers.[1] His father, Louis-Jean-Baptiste (1792-1826), was a member of the  [fr] and a prominent Mason. Following his father's death, his mother, Félicité Constance Gentil, took over the bookshop, but he was more attracted to drawing and sketching.[2]

From 1833 to 1835, he attended classes taught by Laurent-Charles Maréchal, the founder of the École de Metz.[1] He then went to Paris, where he became a student of Paul Delaroche at the École des beaux-arts de Paris.[1] In addition to oil painting, he practiced engraving and worked with watercolors. In 1840, he exhibited at the Salon.[3]

He returned to Metz in 1841, but continued to exhibit in Paris; winning a silver medal at the Salon of 1852.[3] He became especially well known for his huge canvases of historical scenes; mostly battles.[1] In 1864, he was named Director of the  [fr]

Following the Franco-Prussian War, he remained loyal to France and moved away from Metz, which had become part of the German Empire. He settled in Nancy and took over management of the  [fr], a post he held until his death in 1886.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d André Bellard :"Laurent-Charles Maréchal, l'École de Metz", in Les cahiers lorrains, S.H.A.L., Metz, 1959.
  2. ^ Émile Auguste Nicolas Jules Bégin: Biographie de la Moselle, reprinted by the University of Michigan, 2009
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Société des artistes français. Salon : Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture et gravure, des artistes vivants, Paris, 1885.

Further reading[]

  • Marguerite Sido, "Théodore Devilly (1818-1886), de Metz à Nancy. Biographie. Essai de catalogue raisonné "; Nancy 2 University, 2000, 356 p.
  • Pierre Brasme, La Moselle et ses artistes, Éd. Serpenoise, Metz, 2002, pp. 61-63 ISBN 2-87692-544-3
  • Henri Claude, La Lorraine vue par les peintres, Serge Domini, Thionville, 2003, pp. 47-48, 106, 116 ISBN 2-912645-59-X

External links[]

Media related to Louis-Théodore Devilly at Wikimedia Commons

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