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François-Léon Benouville (Paris 30 March 1821 – 16 February 1859 Paris) was a French painter noted for his Neoclassical religious compositions and for painting Orientalist subjects.

François-Léon Benouville
Born	30 March 1821 Paris
Died	16 February 1859 Paris
Education	École des Beaux-Arts
Movement	Neoclassical, Orientalist
Awards	Prix de Rome (1845); Prix des Beaux Arts (1845) with Alexandre Cabanel

Life and career

Léon Benouville first studied with his elder brother, Jean-Achille Benouville (1815–1891), in the studio of François-Edouard Picot before he transferred to École des Beaux-Arts in 1837. Like his brother he received the Prix de Rome in 1845. Both he and his brother travelled to Rome. In Rome, as a Prix de Rome pensionary at the Villa Medici. He remained there for a year, but his brother stayed on for two more years. His works produced in Rome are influenced by early Christianity and often show representations of antiquity.

Work and style

Benouville was best known for his portraits, mythological and religious compositions in the Neoclassical and Orientalist style. He worked in oils, ink and chalk.

Awards, prizes and honours

In 1845, Benouville, together with contemporary Alexandre Cabanel, was the recipient of the Prix des Beaux Arts for his painting, Jesus at the Pretorium.[1]

Select list of paintings

• Portrait of Leconte de Floris 1840
• Melancholy c. 1843
• Esther 1844
• The Mockery of Christ 1845
• The Wrath of Achilles 1847
• Christian Martyrs enter the Amphitheatre, c.1855

Gallery

• 
  Samuel anoints David, 1842
• 
  Cincinnatus Receives a Deputation from the Senate, 1844
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  Jésus at the Pretorium, 1843, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
• 
  Christian Martyrs enter the Amphitheatre,
  c. 1855, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
• 
  Portrait of Paul Baudry (French painter), c. 1855

See also

List of Orientalist artists Orientalism

References

External links

Media related to Léon Benouville at Wikimedia Commons

• François-Léon Benouville on Artcyclopedia
• Hudson River school visions: the landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Benouville (see index)

На других языках

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[de] Léon Benouville (Maler)

François-Léon Benouville (* 30. März 1821 in Paris; † 16. Februar 1859 ebenda) war ein französischer Maler.

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- [en] François-Léon Benouville

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[es] François-Léon Benouville

François-Léon Benouville (París, 30 de marzo 1821 - 16 de febrero de 1859) hermano pequeño de Jean-Achille Benouville. Pintor como él, también se educó en el mismo taller de París y conoció en Roma al escultor Charles Gumery en la Villa Médici.

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[fr] François Léon Benouville

François Léon Benouville, né le 30 mars 1821 à Paris, et mort le 16 février 1859, est un artiste-peintre français.

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[it] François-Léon Benouville

François-Léon Benouville (Parigi, 30 marzo 1821 – Parigi, 16 febbraio 1859) è stato un pittore francese.

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[ru] Бенувиль, Франсуа Леон

Франсуа Леон Бенувиль (фр. François-Léon Benouville; 30 марта 1821, Париж, Франция — 16 февраля 1859, там же) — французский живописец.

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