Child of the Seasons Painting Philadelphia Museum of Art
| Léon Frédéric | |
|---|---|
 Self-portrait | |
| Born | Léon-Henri-Marie Frédéric (1856-08-26)26 August 1856 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 27 Jan 1940(1940-01-27) (anile 83) Schaerbeek, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Education | Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts |
| Known for | Painting, printmaking |
| Motion | Symbolism |
Léon-Henri-Marie Frédéric (26 Baronial 1856 – 27 Jan 1940) was a Belgian Symbolist painter. His earliest paintings joined Christian mysticism with pantheistic themes, while his later works increasingly reflected social concerns.[1] [2] Much of his piece of work also shows the influence of fifteenth and sixteenth century Flemish art and Renaissance painting styles.
Biography [edit]
His father was a prosperous jeweler. In 1871, he was apprenticed to the architect and decorative painter, Charle-Albert and began taking nighttime courses at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. In 1874, he found a position in the workshop of Jean-François Portaels. The following year, he and several other immature art students engaged a individual studio where they could pigment from live, nude models. From 1876 to 1878, he entered the Prix de Rome, but was not successful. Finally, his father financed a trip for studies in Italy from 1878 to 1879. There. he travelled to Naples, Rome, Florence and Venice. His favorite painters were Sandro Botticelli and Domenico Ghirlandaio.
On his return from Italy, he made his debut at the Brussels Salon, where he came under the influence of Jules Bastien-Lepage, and became a member of the artist grouping L'Essor. In 1883, he moved to Vresse-sur-Semois, in the Belgian Ardennes, and traveled extensively to England, Germany and the Netherlands. He was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle (1889). The young Alexandre Benois was a great admirer of his works and, in 1898, arranged for several to be purchased by Princess Maria Tenisheva, for an exhibition in St. Petersburg.
Afterward his marriage, he moved to his final home in Schaerbeek in 1899, and connected to travel and exhibit his work in international fairs,[3] [4] winning awards in the United States and Federal republic of germany and another gilded medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900).
In 1904, he was appointed a fellow member of the Académie Royale and, in 1929, was created a Baron and a Knight of the Order of Leopold by King Albert I.
His works may be seen at the Museum of Ixelles, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent and the Musée d'Orsay. The Four Seasons is currently on brandish at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[5] The Chalks Sellers and The Stream are currently displayed at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels. A street in Schaerbeek has been named later him.
Selected paintings [edit]
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The Golden Age (Morning)
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The Source of Life
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The Plowman'south Afternoon Tea
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All Things Die, But All Will Be Resurrected through God'south Love (heart panel)
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Burial of a Farmer
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The chalk sellers - Triptysh - 1882/1883
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The Stream (Le Ruisseau) - Triptysh - 1890-1899
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The Triptych of The Legende Of Saint François - 1882
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The Ages Of Workers - Triptysh - 1895-1897
References [edit]
- ^ "Les âges de l'ouvrier [The Ages of the Worker]". Home. Retrieved 2015-09-01 .
- ^ "Dictionnaire des Peintres belges: 2382 FRÉDÉRIC, Léon". balat.kikirpa.be.
- ^ "Léon FRÉDÉRIC". Whitford Fine Art. Retrieved 2015-09-01 .
- ^ Universalis, Encyclopædia. "LÉON FRÉDÉRIC".
- ^ "The 4 Seasons: Fall". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 2015-09-01 .
Frédérique Thomas-Maurin, Isolde De Buck, Benjamin Foudral (dir.), Léon Frederic (1856-1940), un autre réalisme [exposition, Ornans, Musée Gustave Courbet, six juillet-15 octobre 2018], Besançon, Editions du Sekoya, 2018, 181 p. (ISBN 978-2-84751-164-2)
Benjamin Foudral, Léon Frederic (1856-1940), « gothique moderne ». Carrière d'un artiste belge dans l'Europe de la fin du XIXe siècle. Essai et Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre [thèse en Histoire de l'fine art, Sorbonne Université, soutenue le 3 juillet 2019], Paris, 2019.
External links [edit]
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Media related to Léon Frédéric at Wikimedia Commons
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric
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