Prudent-Louis Leray, (29 August 1820 – 25 May 1879) was a French painter and lithographer.
Life
editBorn in Couëron, Leray was the son of a famous doctor from Nantes who distinguished himself during the 1832 cholera pandemic. After studying as a scholarship student at the college in Nantes, Leray entered the city school of fine arts.[1][2][failed verification][3][failed verification]
A pupil of Paul Delaroche,[4] Leray exhibited for the first time at the Salon of 1848. He excelled at genre paintings.
Leray died as a result of a stroke he had suffered four days earlier, while painting in his workshop on Rue Véron.[1] He was 58 years old.[5]
References
edit- 1 2 "Lettres, sciences, arts". La Presse (in French). Vol. La Presse (France), no. 146. 26 May 1879. p. 3..
- ↑ Musée d'Orsay (en)
- ↑ RKDartists (en)
- ↑ "Échos de partout". Le Petit Parisien: Journal Quotidien du Soir (in French). No. 955. 29 May 1879. p. 3..
- ↑ Bénézit (en + nl)
Further reading
edit- Catalogue de tableaux, études, dessins, aquarelles par P.-L. Leray..., tableaux, dessins... par divers artistes formant la collection de feu M. P.-L. Leray... vente 8-9 décembre 1879; [expert] Paul Detrimont (27 cm) (in French). Paris. 1879. p. 31.
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