Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (8 August 1797 – 5 May 1890) was a French painter.
Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury | |
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Born | |
Died | 5 May 1890 | (aged 92)
Known for | Painting |
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, Charles-Désiré Hue , Leon Kapliński and Henri Le Riche.[2] His son, Tony Robert-Fleury, was also a painter.[1]
1887: Knight in the Order of Leopold.[3]