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Jules Joseph Lefebvre
French painter, educator and theorist
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Jules Joseph Lefebvre (French:[ʒylʒozɛfləfɛvʁ]; 14 March 1836 – 24 February 1911) was a French painter, educator and theorist.
Jules joseph lefebvre biography of michael jackson
Early life
Lefebvre was born in Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, on 14 March 1836.[1] He entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1852 and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet.
Career
He won the prestigious Prix de Rome with his The Death of Priam in 1861. Between 1855 and 1898, he exhibited 72 portraits in the Paris Salon. Many of his paintings are single figures of beautiful women.
Among the portraits of his considered the best were those of M. L. Reynaud and the Prince Imperial (1874).[3] In 1891, he became a member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts.
He was professor at the Académie Julian in Paris.[4] Lefebvre is chiefly important as an excellent