Tony Robert-Fleury

{"Id":162,"Name":"Tony Robert-Fleury","Biography":"\u003Cb\u003ETONY ROBERT-FLEURY\u003C/b\u003E (1837\u0026mdash;1912), French painter, was born in Paris, and studied under \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/robert-fleury_joseph-nicolas.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003Ehis father\u003C/a\u003E and under \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=49\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EDelaroche\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=1721\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EL\u0026eacute;on Cogniet\u003C/a\u003E. His first picture at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.bartleby.com/65/sa/Salon.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ESalon\u003C/a\u003E, in 1866, was a large historical composition of the \u003Cu\u003EWarsaw Massacres on April 8, 1861\u003C/u\u003E. In the following year his \u003Cu\u003EOld Women in the Place Navone, Rome\u003C/u\u003E was bought for the Luxembourg Museum, as was also the \u003Cu\u003ELast Day of Corinth\u003C/u\u003E in 1870. In 1880 he painted a ceiling for the Luxembourg, representing \u003Cu\u003EThe Glorification of French Sculpture\u003C/u\u003E. Tony Robert-Fleury became president of the Societe des Artistes Francais in succession to \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=7\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EBouguereau\u003C/a\u003E. 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].\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://62.1911encyclopedia.org/R/RO/ROBERT_FLEURY_JOSEPH_NICOLAS.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":10}