The French artist Paul Leroy (1860-1942) was educated at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel. He participated in various salons and won several prizes. In 1884 he became a laureate. He also won the prix de Rome. In 1893, he was a founding member of the Société des Peintres orientalistes. He became known as a portrait and landscape painter, orientalist and illustrator.
| Artist |
Paul Alexandre Alfred Leroy
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| Title | Portrait of Alfred Leroy, the Artist’s Father |
| Date | 1886 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Paris TGN |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1978-C |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Leroy, Alfred Paris 1978 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1978-C |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3126/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
31D16 old man Iconclass 42G2111 father (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(EUGÈNE LEROY) historical person (EUGÈNE LEROY) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 216-217 (ill.)) |
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