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Joseph Villevieille (18291916) was a French painter.

Joseph Villevieille
Joseph Villevieille in 1901
Born6 August 1829
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Died11 February 1916 (1916-02-12) (aged 86)
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Resting placeSaint-Pierre Cemetery
Alma materÉcole des Beaux-Arts
OccupationPainter

Early life


Joseph Villevieille was born on 6 August 1829 in Aix-en-Provence.[1][2] He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[1]


Career


Villevieille taught painting in Aix-en-Provence.[1] He became friends with Paul Cézanne,[3] whose mother he painted shortly before she died.[1]

When the townhall of Aix-en-Provence was burgled on 22 August 1872, Villevieille was commissioned to do many paintings for its walls.[1] Some of those paintings were portraits of prominent local painters like Jean-Baptiste van Loo and François Marius Granet, and local historian Scholastique Pitton.[1] In 1900, he did a painting of Sextius Calvinus, the founder of Aix-en-Provence, which is also in the collection of the townhall.[1]

Sextius Calvinus, founder of Aix-en-Provence, painted by Joseph Villevieille in 1900.
Sextius Calvinus, founder of Aix-en-Provence, painted by Joseph Villevieille in 1900.

Death and legacy


Villevieille died on 11 February 1916 in Aix-en-Provence.[1] He was buried at the Saint-Pierre Cemetery in Aix-en-Provence.[1] The Avenue joseph villevieille in Aix-en-Provence was named in his honor.[4]


References


  1. Baille, Franck (1981). Les Petits Maîtres d'Aix à la Belle-Époque (1870-1914). Aix-en-Provence: Edition de l'imprimerie Paul-Roubaud. pp. 37–38.
  2. "Joseph Villevieille (French, 1829 - 1916)". MutualArt.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  3. Danchev, Alex (October 4, 2013). "'Mon cher Émile': The Letters of Paul Cézanne to Émile Zola". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  4. Google Maps



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[fr] Joseph Villevieille

Joseph Villevieille (Aix-en-Provence, 6 août 1829–Aix-en-Provence, 11 février 1916) est un peintre français. Ami de nombreux peintres aixois, dont Paul Cézanne, il est connu pour la qualité de son dessin et devient peintre officiel de la ville d'Aix, même s'il est méprisé par de nombreux critiques d'art contemporains. Il a réalisé de nombreux tableaux aujourd'hui exposés dans la salle des États de Provence, dans l'hôtel-de-ville.

[it] Joseph Villevieille

Joseph Villevieille (Aix-en-Provence, 6 agosto 1829 – Aix-en-Provence, 11 febbraio 1916) è stato un pittore e docente francese.



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