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An overview of Gérôme’s oeuvre from his sources of inspiration to his influences on others. The public perception of Jean-Léon Gérôme has changed greatly over the past decades. Long stigmatized as an emblem of sterile academicism, he is now considered one of the nineteenth century’s great image makers. This catalog highlights and analyzes his bountiful expression of a visual grammar that takes illusionist obsession to the limits of the bizarre and establishes a resonance with all visual arts, including prints, photography, and cinema. In particular, it will make it possible to propose new approaches to such diverse issues as Gérôme’s place in the French painting of his time, his theatrical conception of historical themes, his complex exoticism, his use of polychrome in sculpture, his role as a teacher, his relationship with historical models, how the figure of this artist galvanized the anti-academy clash at the end of the nineteenth century, and lastly, the singular American destiny of his works. The catalog sets out to explore, beyond the immediate seductive qualities and accessibility of Gérôme’s oeuvre, its double identity, both erudite and popular, which now renders it so precious to art historians and to the general public. ... Read more

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A Major, Sophisticated and Complete Book about Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 - 1904) is a well-chosen title for this magnificent book about an artist who has survived a century of criticism for being far too academically inclined to get to the passion of painting. This hefty volume serves as the catalogue for a traveling exhibition of the works ofGérôme - paintings, drawings, sculptures - by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, an the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.Having had the privilege of visiting the exhibition at the Getty provides this reader with a great deal of respect for this volume.Not only are the reproductions of the vast number of paintings reproduced in exquisite color and the sculptures and drawings and informational notations or gestational ideas for the works included, but each work in this exhibition and the book is carefully documented, not only as to time and place of creation, but a solid provenance of each work together with an analysis of the background of the painting and the effect the painting ha one those who saw it first, on subsequent critics and artists, and a classification as to which period in Gérôme's substantial history it occupies.

The writing for this book are excellent, with contributions not only bythe three curators -Laurence des Cars, the chief curator and director of the France-Museum agency, Dominique de Font-Relaux of the Musée de Louvre, and Edouard Papet of the Musée d'Orsay - but further art history articles have been contributed by such fine writers as Guy Gogeval ('A Precise, Perverse Kind of Beauty'), 'Picturing Gérôme' by the three curators, Laurence des Cars ('Gérôme: Painter of Histories'), Scott C. Allan (Gérôme Before the Tribunal: The Painter's Early Reception'), François de Vergnette ("History according to Gérôme), Pierre-Lin Renié ('Gérôme: Working in the Era of Industrial Reproduction'), Mary G. Morton ('Gérôme in the Gilded Cage'), Dominique de Font-Relaux ('Gérôme andPhotography: Accurate Depictions of an Imagined World') Sophie Marariou and Charlotte Maury ('The Paradox of Realism: Gérôme in the Orient'), édouard Papet ('Father Polychrome": The Sculpture of Jean-Léon Gérôme'), Dominique Païni ('Painting the Moment Just Afterward, or, Gérôme as Film-maker').The scope of approaches to the artist's work is thus introduced tot he potential buyer of this book. Yes there are many other books of images by this strange artist, but none approaches the complete survey of the gifts of one of the nineteenth century's great influences on art history.

For the student of art this book is indispensable, not only for the topic of the named artist, but for the wealth of information about art in the past two hundred years.For the art collector or art lover this volume unveils works never seen before as well as all of the 'behind the scenes' inspirations that lead to the extraordinary output of Jean-Léon Gérôme.Grady Harp, September 10

Way too much text
I was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and looking at the Gerome paintings which are great.I then saw this book in the museum book store and had a chance to look through it before buying it here (cheaper) on Amazon.com.I'm glad I looked before buying.There are two types of art books.One is the scholarly type with tons of text and then, two, the type that has a few pages of information in the front and then the "Color Plates" with little or no text.I much prefer the latter. I know what I like and I don't need an art scholar mumbling away in the driest words imagineable.I want sizeable pictures, color and detail.I want to look at art first and read about it second.Unfortunately this book is all about the text and the index of the paintings.Many of the pictures are reduced in size to accommodate the endless text...Too bad.Not buying this one. ... Read more

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This monograph spans the entire life and work of Jean-Leon Gerome and is composed of two parts: a biographical appreciation and a catalogue of his paintings, prints and sculptures. The study of the artist's life is based on three ancient monographs, the perusal of the contemporary press and the recollections of students and friends. This catalogue is the result of 25 years of research. Approximately 700 paintings and 70 sculptures have been inventoried through archives, old State documents, catalogues and correspondence with collectors. ... Read more

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Jean Leon Gerome by Gerald M. Ackerman
The book was delivered very quickly and in excellent condition.The book itself is excellent, I only wish in the description it had been mentioned that it was a French version, I did not see the fine print that it was in French.I purchased the book for my art school unfortunately I am the only French speaking person there.I would not have purchased it had I known.

Jean Leon Gerome by Gerald M. Ackerman
The book was delivered very quickly and in excellent condition.THe book itself is excellent, I only wish the description had mentioned that it was a French version.I purchased the book for my art school unfortunately I am the only French speaking person there.I would not have purchased it had I known. ... Read more

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The Bargue-Gerome Drawing Course is a complete reprint of a famous, late nineteenth century drawing course. It contains a set of almost two hundred masterful lithographs of subjects for copying by drawing students before they attempt drawing from life or nature. Consequently it is a book that will interest artists, art students, art historians, and lovers and collectors of drawings. It also introduces us to the work and life of a hitherto neglected master: Charles Bargue. The Drawing Course consists of three sections. The first consists of plates drawn after casts, usually of antique examples. Different parts of the body are studied in order of difficulty, until full figures are presented. The second section pays homage to the western school of painting with lithographs after exemplary drawings by Renaissance and modern masters. The third part contains almost sixty academies or drawings after nude male models, all original inventions by Bargue, the lithographer. With great care, the student is introduced to continually more difficult problems in the close observing and recording of nature. Practiced professional artists will see at once the problems of representation that are approached by Bargue, and they will delight in his solutions. Figure painters will copy the plates to keep in tune; so to speak, much as pianists practice the exercises of Czerny before performing Beethoven. Art students will find it a practical and progressive introduction to realistic figure drawing. Art historians can learn by studying these drawings just what was prized in late 19th century figure painting. They will recognize the reliance upon tradition by the use of antique sculptures as models in the first part: Antiquity is here used, not to impose a classical style, but as an aid in seeing the structure of the human body with clarity and intelligence. The result is a convergence of Classicism and Realism. There are no numerical proportional charts, perspective boxes or geometrical schemata to memorize. All the techniques and schemata are developed out of and for the object or person in view. The drawings are splendid; beautiful; not simply products of assiduity, but of careful observation and the wish to transcribe and communicate the beauty of nature and light, as well as the manifold appearances of the human body. These are objectives that will touch and move any careful reader of drawings, and the figurative arts. Charles Bargue started his career as a lithographer of drawings by hack artists for a popular market in comic, sentimental and soft-porn subjects. By working with Gerome, and in preparing the plates for the course, Bargue was transformed into a spectacular painter of single figures and intimate scenes; a master of precious details that always remain observation and never became self-conscious virtuosity, of color schemes that unified his composition in exquisite tonal harmonies. The last part of the book is a biography of Bargue, along with a preliminary catalogue of his paintings, accompanied by reproductions of all that have been found and of many of those lost. ... Read more

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Bible of academic drawing
This Book is a MUST have for all the people who is looking after the ancient knowledge of XIX th century academic drawing. The explanations are really clear and the printed plates are reproduced very well.
One piece of advice, If you are a beginner it the atelier drawing sistem I would say to start with other books first, this one is for those who understand and have a previous knowledge of the method.

To enhance the artistic experience, I think that this book should come with a cd-rom with the digital versions of Bargue`s plates, cause, sometimes it's a little difficult to scan them (some deformations may happen in the process) or to take photographs from them.

I loved it

The classic and well printed
This is a classic and although I haven't seen earlier printings I suspect this edition is better than those of the past. Printing technology has improved in recent years and I think this book is benefiting from those advances. If you are interested in the atelier method this is a must have book. Enjoy.

love this book
this book is amazing if you want to start drawing the human form. im realy enjoying studying it. highly recommended for art lovers!!

Charles Bargue and Jean Leon Gerome: Drawing Course Review
If anyone is interested in the VERY best way to develop drawing skills, this is the book to buy.It features a course on drawing from plates
that were used by master artists in the 1800s, the benefits of copying master drawings, the sight-size technique which is taught for large
sums of money at schools, and so much more.

Outstanding!
This is invaluable for all artists, art educators, and even art historians.
Beautifully written commentary and the plates are wonderful.
There is enough text to describe one possible way to use these plates to develop your personal art skills, but there are many additional uses.Your imagination is the limit.It is even possible for a beginner to use this material to good effect.
A book that every artist should include in their library.For me, it is a integral part of my ongoing art education.I am thankfulthat they published this and even gave us permission to reproduce and enlarge the plates for educational purposes.Very wothwhile investment. ... Read more

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Chapters: Alexis Thérèse Petit, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Simon Renard, Laurent Mangel, Édouard Belin, Edwige Feuillère, Raymond Aubrac. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jean-Léon Gérôme (May 11, 1824 January 10, 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. Jean-Léon Gérôme was born at Vesoul (Haute-Saône). He went to Paris in 1840 where he studied under Paul Delaroche, whom he accompanied to Italy (18431844). He visited Florence, Rome, the Vatican and Pompeii, but he was more attracted to the world of nature. Taken by a fever, he was forced to return to Paris in 1844. On his return he followed, like many other students of Delaroche, into the atelier of Charles Gleyre and studied there for a brief time. He then attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. In 1846 he tried to enter the prestigious Prix de Rome, but failed in the final stage because his figure drawing was inadequate. He tried to improve his skills by painting The Cockfight (1846), an academic exercise depicting a nude young man and a lightly draped girl with two fighting cocks and in the background the Bay of Naples. He sent this painting to the Salon of 1847, where it gained him a third-class medal. This work was seen as the epitome of the Neo-Grec movement that had formed out of Gleyre's studio (such as Henri-Pierre Picou (18241895) and Jean-Louis Hamon), and was championed by the influential French critic Théophile Gautier. Gérôme abandoned his dream of winning the Prix de Rome and took advantage of his sudden success. His paintings The Virgin, the Infant Jesus and St John (private colle...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=469851 ... Read more

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Gerome has become a popular artist. More and more young people are showing interest in his work, and collectors world-wide are hunting down pieces of ever increasing value. Lost works are appearing on the market, and galleries are showcasing all they own.
This volume is a condensed presentation of his monographs together with a catalogue raisonne, available within the collection Les Orientalistes. It comprises a complete overview of Gerome's life and long career. ... Read more

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kinda small...
i was a little surprised when this arrived in the mail, and i found it was only five by seven and a half inches.to my mind this defeats the purpose of an art book, especially on someone like gerome.its a dense little book with plenty of illustrations, and to my knowledge, the only affordable book on the artist, but if i were you, id kick down another twenty bucks and buy 'the orientalists' by kristian davies instead. ... Read more

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The adventures of Jean Leon Gerome
To say that Jean-Leon Gerome is one of the most famous Orientalists painters of his time , would be an understatement. While he definetely was an adventurous painter, and of a high caliber , specially in his traveling youth , his work tended to soften up a lot in his older years. One conceivably can imagine the distraction of tackling painting , through official commissions, but also sculpting , and Mosaic as well. Mr Ackermann , an authorityon Jean Leon Gerome ,did masterfully put together this wonderful volume , and my many thanks to him for that are long overdue. Thank you Sir , for reminding us that Art is a wild and sophisticated adventure, never dimming , and never forgotten. ... Read more

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Gerome has become a popular artist. More and more young people are showing interest in his work, and collectors world-wide are hunting down pieces of ever increasing value. Lost works are appearing on the market, and galleries are showcasing all they own. This volume is a condensed presentation of his monograph together with a catalogue raisonne, available within the collection 'Les Orientalistes'. It comprises a complete overview of Gerome's life and long career. ... Read more

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This monograph spans the entire life and work of Jean-Leon Gerome and is composed of two parts: a biographical appreciation and a catalogue of his paintings, prints and sculptures. The study of the artist's life is based on three ancient monographs, the perusal of the contemporary press and the recollections of students and friends. This catalogue is the result of 25 years of research. Approximately 700 paintings and 70 sculptures have been inventoried through archives, old State documents, catalogues and correspondence with collectors. ... Read more

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Stunning
Two of my favoirte paintings in the Minneapolis Art Institute have always been the Rug Market and Young Greeks at the Mosque by Jerome.I have since seen other works in a similar style by other artists working in the Middle East and have become quite enamoured of the intensity of their works.Jerome's Middle East works have the vividness and in-your-face-reality of artists of our own American Southwest, like Reynolds and Remington.The character of the native people, the earthy reality of their lives, the heat and diffuse light of their environment are dipicted masterfully in "Arabs Crossing the Desert".What I found most informative in reading the volume, however, was the incredible variety of subjects, settings and styles chosen by the artist.Because of my own interest in the Middle East, his work there was familiar to me--I have postcard copies of some of his paintings of various buildings in Cairo--but his other work was less so.His animal studies, like "Lioness and her Cubs," and "Thirst" (depicting a male lion drinking the last of a dwindling source of water in a vast desert), and "Tiger and Cubs" are amazing in their detail.The more classical work "Pygmalion and Galatea" with its almost Vermeer like light, and "Venus Rising" a study much like that of Boticceli though derivative have their own unique spirit.The fierce ocean scene "Vision of the Captive of St Helena" has an intensity, a sense that one has happened into a drama just as it is occuring.Quintescentially representative of this awareness of the moment is my favorite of his works, "Duel After the Ball," depicting the death of Harlequin in a snowy mist shouded wood.Certainly a brilliant if not necessarily well known artist.This is probably one of my favorite art books. ... Read more

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The Bargue-Gerome Drawing Course is a complete reprint of a famous, late nineteenth century drawing course. It contains a set of almost two hundred masterful lithographs of subjects for copying by drawing students before they attempt drawing from life or nature. Consequently it is a book that will interest artists, art students, art historians, and lovers and collectors of drawings. It also introduces us to the work and life of a hitherto neglected master: Charles Bargue. The Drawing Course consists of three sections. The first consists of plates drawn after casts, usually of antique examples. Different parts of the body are studied in order of difficulty, until full figures are presented. The second section pays homage to the western school of painting with lithographs after exemplary drawings by Renaissance and modern masters. The third part contains almost sixty academies or drawings after nude male models, all original inventions by Bargue, the lithographer. With great care, the student is introduced to continually more difficult problems in the close observing and recording of nature. Practiced professional artists will see at once the problems of representation that are approached by Bargue, and they will delight in his solutions. Figure painters will copy the plates to keep in tune; so to speak, much as pianists practice the exercises of Czerny before performing Beethoven. Art students will find it a practical and progressive introduction to realistic figure drawing. Art historians can learn by studying these drawings just what was prized in late 19th century figure painting. They will recognize the reliance upon tradition by the use of antique sculptures as models in the first part: Antiquity is here used, not to impose a classical style, but as an aid in seeing the structure of the human body with clarity and intelligence. The result is a convergence of Classicism and Realism. There are no numerical proportional charts, perspective boxes or geometrical schemata to memorize. All the techniques and schemata are developed out of and for the object or person in view. The drawings are splendid; beautiful; not simply products of assiduity, but of careful observation and the wish to transcribe and communicate the beauty of nature and light, as well as the manifold appearances of the human body. These are objectives that will touch and move any careful reader of drawings, and the figurative arts. Charles Bargue started his career as a lithographer of drawings by hack artists for a popular market in comic, sentimental and soft-porn subjects. By working with Gerome, and in preparing the plates for the course, Bargue was transformed into a spectacular painter of single figures and intimate scenes; a master of precious details that always remain observation and never became self-conscious virtuosity, of color schemes that unified his composition in exquisite tonal harmonies. The last part of the book is a biography of Bargue, along with a preliminary catalogue of his paintings, accompanied by reproductions of all that have been found and of many of those lost. ... Read more

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Essential training for those who want to learn how to draw
The Charles Bargue book gives a wonderful window into the academic training process of artists in the 19th Century.While I do not read French, I understand that the plates and drawings are the same as those used in the classes of the day.Used to copy from, they move the student through all the essential phases of the drawing process.This book is really most useful as a set of drawing templates used to copy from.I would highly recommend this book for anyone interested in learning the basic techniques used in classical academic painting.

OK, but a bit overestimated
OK, my order finally arrived today, I opened the book, what a disappointment!

To begin with, the plates are VERY small (especially those of the 2nd part). I mean, how are we supposed to blow them up without sacrificing the quality of the drawing?

Secondly, I don't see what the fuss is all about. Copying the old masters is standard practice for learning anything, whether that's drawing, painting, music or creative writing, for that matter. While I accept the value of starting from something easy and then progressing to more difficult exercises, you can achieve the same results by taking any of your favourite drawings (e.g. Leonardo, Michaelangelo, whatever) and copying them painstakingly. It's simple: copy, copy, copy and you'll get there.

John Ruskin's "The Elements of Drawing" is also worth reading (it has some good lessons on learning by copying, and much more.)

French Bargue Drawing Course
The book is a complete reprint of the fabled but rare Drawing Course ("Cours de Dessin")of Charles Bargue and Jean-Leon Gérôme, published in Paris in the 1860s and 1870s. This set of masterful lithographs was used as a training course for art students who copied them before they attempted to draw from a live model.

Highly recommended even if you don't read French but can't afford the English edition (the volume concludes with a biography of Charles Bargue written in French) - still very useful as a reference & training guide.

Charles Bargue: The Drawing Course / Cours de Dessin
This review is for the French version of Charles Bargue's Drawing Course - I know very little French, but due to the English version Charles Bargue Et Jean-Leon Gerome: Drawing Course being out of print and impossible to find for under $800, I took a chance and bought the French version which is also scarce & out of print, but at least the prices haven't totally skyrocketed yet.

Anyway, I would definitely recommend this book for non-French speakers in my situation, as there are no plans to reprint the English version any time soon - while I'm unable to read much of the text (which appears to consist mostly of biographical/historical info on Charles Bargue & the times in which he lived), the main purpose of the book- the nearly 200 gorgeous lithographs used for centuries to train art students worldwide - need no text to introduce or explain them. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jean- Léon Gérôme was a French painter and sculptorin the style now known as Academicism. The range ofhis oeuvre included historical painting, Greekmythology, Orientalism, portraits and othersubjects, bringing the Academic painting traditionto an artistic climax ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Raymond Aubrac, Edwige Feuillère, Simon Renard, Jacques Bardenet, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Bouvier, Roland Weber, Claude Alexis Cochard, Jacques Thomet, Maurice Chavane, Jean Orchampt, Charles Grandmougin, Édouard Belin, Paul Morel, Laurent Mangel, Jean-Michel Rivat, Pierre Joseph de Beauchamp, Charles Reibel, Arthur Constantin Krebs, Jules Jean François Pérot, Serge Beltrame, Gervèse, Alexis Thérèse Petit, Patrick Henriroux, Jean-Paul Mariot, Alphonse Noirot. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Raymond Aubrac, de son vrai nom Raymond Samuel, né le 31 juillet 1914 à Vesoul, est un résistant français à l'Occupation allemande et au régime de Vichy pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Ingénieur civil des Ponts et Chaussées (promotion 1937). Il est spécialement connu pour s'être engagé avec son épouse Lucie dès 1940 dans la Résistance lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Sous le pseudonyme Aubrac, aux côtés d'Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie, il a participé en région lyonnaise à la création du mouvement Libération-Sud plus tard intégré dans les MUR dont le bras armé fut l'Armée secrète où Aubrac secondera plus ou moins le général Delestraint. À la Libération, il a été commissaire de la République à Marseille, puis responsable du déminage au ministère de la Reconstruction. Compagnon de route du PCF, il a ensuite créé BERIM, un bureau d'études investi dans les échanges Est-Ouest avant de devenir conseiller technique au Maroc et fonctionnaire de la FAO. Ami d'Hô Chi Minh depuis 1946, il a été sollicité par Henry Kissinger pour établir des contacts avec le Nord Vietnam, pendant la guerre du Viêt Nam entre 1967 et 1972. Raymond Samuel est fils de commerçants juifs aisés, propriétaires de magasins...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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This is about the exhibit held on April 6-May 20, 1973 by the Walters Art Gallery. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Gustave Courbet, Jean Messagier, Théobald Chartran, Charles Belle, Paul Krôn, Emile Vernier, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Armand-Emile Mathey-Doret, André Spitz, Auguste Clésinger, Charles Guillaud, Robert Fernier, Henri Charles Antoine Baron, Marcel Wibault, François Perrier, Claude-Max Lochu, Édouard Baille, Jean Gigoux, Antonin Fanart, Jean Ricardon, Jules-Émile Zingg, Émile Isenbart, Pierre Farel, Charles-Antoine Flajoulot, Gaston Coindre, Roland Gaudillière. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Gustave Courbet (10 juin 1819 à Ornans, près de Besançon, Doubs - 31 décembre 1877 à La Tour-de-Peilz en Suisse) est un peintre français du siècle, chef de file du courant réaliste. Son réalisme fit scandale. Engagé dans les mouvements politiques de son temps, il a été l'un des élus de la Commune de 1871 accusé d'avoir fait renverser la colonne Vendôme, il fut condamné à la faire relever à ses frais ; libéré de prison, il se réfugia en Suisse. Gustave Courbet est issu d'une famille de propriétaires terriens, son père Régis Courbet possède des terres au village de Flagey où il élève des bovins et pratique l'agriculture. Il naît le 10 juin 1819 à Ornans dans le Doubs, sa mère Sylvie née Oudot donne aussi naissance à quatre filles. A l'âge de douze ans, il entre au petit séminaire d'Ornans où il reçoit un premier enseignement artistique avec un professeur de dessin disciple de la peinture préromantique d'Antoine-Jean Gros. Ensuite, il entre au collège Royal de Besançon où, dans la classe des beaux-arts il suit des cours de dessin d'un ancien élève de David. À cette époque, Charles-Antoine Flajoulot (1774-1840), ancien élève de Jacques Louis David, était le directeur de l'École des Beaux-Arts de Besançon. Après des ét...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more