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The Grasshopper by Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (1872)

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Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (French, 1836 - 1912) - An Allegory of Victory

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Graziella (Jules-Joseph Lefebvre, 1878)

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Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (French,1836–1912)

A Gypsy Girl with a Mandolin, 1870

oil on canvas

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🎨Jules Lefebvre

Jules-Joseph Lefebvre - Graziella - 1878

Jules-Joseph Lefebvre - Woman Playing A Lute - 1879

Jules Lefebvre - Fatima - 1883

Jules Lefebvre - Jeanne La Rousse

Jules Lefebvre - An Italian Girl With An Orange

Jules Lefebvre - Morning Glory - 1879

Jules Lefebvre - Young Woman with Morning Glories in Her Hair

Jules Lefebvre - Sappho - 1836

Jules Lefebvre - La Vérité, [The truth] - 1870

Throughout his prolific and celebrated career Lefebvre had a long association with Americans. He was a professor at the Académie Julian in Paris where several young American artists were among his students. Best known for his finely detailed figure paintings of beautiful women, Lefebvre was an accomplished muralist and William H. Vanderbilt commissioned several from the artist to decorate his impressive New York mansion.

Jules Lefebvre in his studio

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Originally was The Death of Priam by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, updated with Star Wars theme. Added Anakin Skywalker's head and a couple of lightsabers...

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Jules Joseph Lefebvre: 'The Grasshopper' (1872)

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Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) "Diana"

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Jules Joseph Lefebvre (French, 1834-1912)

Ophélie

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Jules-Joseph Lefebvre, Graziella

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Jules Joseph Lefebvre 🇫🇷 (1836-1912)

1879

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A Reclining Nude by Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (1868)

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‘La cigale’ (detail) by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, c. 1872.

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Jules Joseph Lefebvre - Lady Godiva (1906)

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Winner of the coveted Prix de Rome in 1861, Lefebvre fulfilled his early promise both as a painter of meticulously executed portraits and as a teacher: during his long career, he earned three Salon medals, was appointed to the French Academy of Fine Arts, and attained the rank of Commander in the Legion of Honor.

A reviewer at the 1881 Paris Salon wrote the following about Jules-Joseph Lefèbvre:

"It is sufficient to just mention his name in order to immediately evoke the memory and the image of the thousand adorable creatures of which he is the father.... Jules Lefèbvre, better than anyone else caresses, with a brush both delicate and sure, the undulating contour of the feminine form".

Like a typical academic artist, Lefèbvre started his career with the traditional subject matter of histories and other narratives. It would not be till later in his career that he would focus exclusively on the human figure in portraiture and especially the female figure, with great ability and success. Lefèbvre was born on March 14th, 1836. Though his father was only a baker, he nonetheless encouraged his son to pursue painting, sending him to study in Paris in 1852.

There, Lefèbvre became a pupil of Léon Cogniet and a year later started attending the École des Beaux Arts.

His debut at the Paris Salon was in 1855.

He then spent the next few years pursuing the coveted Prix de Rome (the main competition for young painters, which would win him five years of study in Rome and a reputation that would all but guarantee a successful career).

In 1859 he came close, placing second.

Two years later the history painting The Death of Priam would win him first place.

It would be during his stay in Rome that he would find his individual artistic niche.

Able to study the great Italian masters, Lefèbvre was fascinated by the Mannerist painters, especially Andrea del Sarto. He copied his work avidly and demonstrated Andrea’s influence in his painting Boy Painting a Tragic Mask (1863).

It was also during this time that his interest in the female figure began, painting his first in 1863.

Among other works he did in Rome, he sent the narrative Roman Charity to the salon of 1864 and painted Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi in 1866.

The latter narrative, however, was ill received by experts, arousing overwhelming criticism.

That same year his parents and one of his sisters died. These negative events in both his personal and professional life sent him into severe depression.

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The Grasshopper by Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (1872)