Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel

Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel (19 May 1839 – 25 February 1929) was a French painter.[1] He was born in Genêts, France, and had his artistic training under Jean-Léon Gérôme, whose style he followed.[2] His paintings are in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen.[3] He specialized in historical genre paintings.[4] At a 2012 Sotheby's auction, one of his paintings, The Practice Recital, was sold for US$86,500.[4]

References

A Guide to Archival Sources for French-American Art History in the Archives of American Art. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. 1992. p. 30. ISBN 9781880193020. OCLC 466612701.
Reed, J. E. (1885) The Gallery of Contemporary Art: An Illustrated Review of the Recent Art Productions of All Nations, Volume 2. Gebbie & Company. p. 217.
"LESREL Adolphe". French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
"THE PRACTICE RECITAL". Sotheby's. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[aguide30-1] A Guide to Archival Sources for French-American Art History in the Archives of American Art. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. 1992. p. 30. ISBN 9781880193020. OCLC 466612701.

[2] Reed, J. E. (1885) The Gallery of Contemporary Art: An Illustrated Review of the Recent Art Productions of All Nations, Volume 2. Gebbie & Company. p. 217.

[desrelfrenchministry-3] "LESREL Adolphe". French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[sothebysthepracticerecital-4] "THE PRACTICE RECITAL". Sotheby's. Retrieved March 1, 2017.