Alexis Leon Louis Valbrun (January 3, 1803 – 1852) was a French painter specialized in portraits of the European aristocracy. He studied under
Nicolas Gosse and was a pupil of
Antoine-Jean Gros.
[E. Benezit, Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs & Graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Paris, 1924] He entered the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
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in Paris in 1817 and exhibited his work at the
Salon
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between 1831 and 1843. Some of his paintings are displayed at the
Fondation Calvet in Avignon, the
Palace of Versailles
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Philip V of Spain
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) and the
Chateau de Chantilly (
Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feucheres). His historic painting ''La mort de Saphire'' (Fine Art Museum in
Saint Lo) was exhibited at the Salon in 1843. In 1846 he decorated the church
Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis in Paris.
Gallery
File:Ferdinando di Savoia.jpg, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa
File:Sophie Dawes.jpg, Sophie Dawes
References
*
Michael Bryan ''Dictionary of painters and engravers: biographical and critical, Volume 2''.
1803 births
1852 deaths
19th-century French painters
French male painters
French portrait painters
Painters from Paris
Pupils of Antoine-Jean Gros
École des Beaux-Arts alumni
19th-century French male artists
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