TONY ROBERT-FLEURY (1837—1912), French painter, was born in Paris, and studied under
his father and under
Delaroche and
Léon Cogniet. His first picture at the
Salon, in 1866, was a large historical composition of the
Warsaw Massacres on April 8, 1861. In the following year his
Old Women in the Place Navone, Rome was bought for the Luxembourg Museum, as was also the
Last Day of Corinth in 1870. In 1880 he painted a ceiling for the Luxembourg, representing
The Glorification of French Sculpture. Tony Robert-Fleury became president of the Societe des Artistes Francais in succession to
Bouguereau. He acquired a great reputation for his historical compositions and portraits; and from his atelier [were] issued a great number of the best-known painters of [his time].
Source: Entry on the artist in the
1911 Edition Encyclopedia.