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Victor Leydet (painter)
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Victor Leydet (1861–1904) was a French genre painter.
Biography
Victor Leydet was born on July 21, 1861, in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.[1] He was trained as a painter at the École des beaux-arts d'Avignon, now known as the École supérieure d'art d'Avignon in Avignon, where painter Pierre Grivolas (1823-1906) was his teacher. He was also trained by painters Gabriel Bourges and Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904).
As a professional painter, he was a member of the New School of Avignon.[2][3][4] His painting entitled Femmes en prières is exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.[5] Some of his other paintings, like Portrait du jeune homme, en pied or Avant la messe, can be seen in the Musée Calvet in Avignon.[6][7]
He was a member of the Académie de Vaucluse.[8]
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Selected works
- After the Mass
- Charlotte
- The Hopeless
- Absinthe supérieure
Secondary source
- Victor Leydet, peintre du 19e: 1861 - L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (Campredon art et culture (L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Vaucluse), 1985, 47 pages).[9]
References
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