Gabriel-Joseph-Marie-Augustin Ferrier (29 September 1847 in

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– 6 June 1914 in

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) was a French portrait painter and orientalist.

Early life and education

His father was a pharmacist. He began his studies at the

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, where he worked with

Ernest Hébert Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert (; 3 November 1817 – 5 December 1908) was a French academic painter. Biography Hébert was born in Grenoble, son of a notary in Grenoble, and moved in 1835 to Paris to study law. He simultaneously took ar ...

and

Isidore Pils Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils (1815–1875) was a French academic painter of religious and military subjects. Biography Pils was born in Paris as the son of a soldier François Pils. At the age of twelve, he studied with Guillaume Guillon-Le ...

.Biographical notes
@ Univers des Arts.

Career

His first exhibit was at the

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in 1869. Two years later, he was awarded the

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for his depiction of a scene from the

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and studied at the

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from 1873 to 1876. Upon returning to France, he specialized in painting portraits of notable figures connected with the Third Republic. In 1883, he took an extended trip to Algeria, where he created works in the Orientalist style. Some of those works earned him a Gold Medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1889. He later was named a Professor of Design at the

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, then became a lecturer at the École des Beaux-arts, succeeding

Jean-Léon Gérôme Jean-Léon Gérôme (; 11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academic painting, academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living art ...

. He also taught at the

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. In 1906, he was elected to the

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. He was also a member of the

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. In 1911, he became a Knight in the

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.Dossier
@ the Base Léonore. Among his best-known students are

Paul-Émile Bécat Paul-Émile Bécat (2 February 1885 – 1 January 1960 in Paris) was a French painter, printmaker and engraver, and was awarded first prize in the Prix de Rome in 1920. He was a student of Gabriel Ferrier and François Flameng and exhibition ...

Roger Bissière Roger Bissière (22 September 1886 – 2 December 1964) was a French visual artist and teacher. He designed stained glass windows for Metz cathedral and several other churches; as well as painted, and collaged textiles. Early life a ...

, André Fau,

Luis Ricardo Falero Luis Ricardo Falero (23 May 1851 – 7 December 1896) was a Spanish painter. He specialized in female nudes and mythological, orientalist and fantasy settings. In 1896, the year of his death, Maud Harvey sued Falero for paternity. The s ...

, and Albert Lynch.

Selected paintings

File:Princess Marguerite d'Orléans (1869–1940) and Prince Jean d'Orléans (1874-1940) by Gabriel-Joseph-Marie-Augustin Ferrier.jpg, Princess Marguerite with Prince Jean of Orléans File:Gabriel Ferrier, jeune bergère algérienne.jpg, Young Algerian Shepherdess File:Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier - Ganymede, 1874.jpg, Ganymede File:Gabriel Ferrier Une scène du Déluge.JPG, A Scene from the

File:Chaperon Rouge by Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier.png, Little Red Riding Hood File:Gabriel_Ferrier_-_Moonlit_Dreams.jpg, Moonlit dreams File:Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier - La lecture.jpg, Whispers in the Library File:Son ange gardien by Gabriel Ferrier.png,

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by Gabriel Ferrier File:Sainte Agnès martyre by Gabriel Ferrier.png, The Martyrdom of

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References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Ferrier.

Obituary
from '' American Art News'' @

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrier, Gabriel 19th-century French painters 1847 births 1914 deaths French Orientalist painters French portrait painters Artists from Nîmes Painters from Occitania (administrative region) Academic staff of the Académie Julian Recipients of the Legion of Honour Prix de Rome for painting 20th-century French painters