Jules Benoit-Lévy (27 February 1866 – 14 March 1952) was a French

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Biography

Benoit-Lévy was born in Paris. He was the son of Baruch Benoit-Lévy (1821–1884) and Julie Strasburger (1826–1901). At the Paris School of Decorative Arts, he studied under

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and

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, then entered the

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workshop at the School of Fine Arts in Paris. A history and sea painter, he also worked on

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paintings featuring cardinals in anecdotal everyday situations, a theme in vogue at the time. Benoit-Lévy exhibited his paintings at the ''Petite Gelerie Drouot'', 23 rue Drouot in Paris. After trying himself in various genres, Jules Benoit-Levy went to the

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, and stayed at the island of

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. He created fifty paintings that show sensitive and specific nature of these places. More than his finished paintings, which resulted from great effort, his sketches show precise observation of atmosphere—sometimes characterized by clear, brightened colours, green or orange; sometimes grey and veiled in mist. In 1902 he exhibited in Paris fifty paintings he made during a stay in the Netherlands, on the theme of everyday life and typical interiors. Benoit-Lévy exhibited his paintings at the

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in Paris and received a third medal in 1895, honorable mention in 1901, and a third class medal in 1911. In 1911 and 1912, Benoit-Lévy exhibited in

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in Palais des Beaux-Arts at the ''Exposition Internationale''. From 1911 to 1930, he exhibited at the Salon D'Hiver in

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. He was awarded the Golden Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Officier de l'Instruction Publique) Benoit-Lévy died in

Nogent-sur-Marne Nogent-sur-Marne () is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Nogent-sur-Marne is a ''Subprefectures in France, sous-préfecture'' of the Val-de-Marne ''Depar ...

on 14 March 1952.

Works

* ''The soup of the squad; at the manceuvers'' * ''Combat a Tinténiac, près Rennes, 1793'' * ''Examination of the Prince of T.'' * ''La Défense de Rambervillers (Vosges) en 1870'' * ''Sentry reposing, 1793'' * ''La Bretagne'' * ''The arrest of Condorcet'' * ''14 th July 1789. En route to take the Bastille'' * ''Death of General Moulin; Cholet, 1794'' * ''Dutch Home'' * ''Het Breistertje'' * ''Dutch Home'' * ''Evening; - near Amsterdam'' * ''Good Hope Inn (Holland)'' * ''Evening chat. (Holland)'' * ''Intérieur'' * ''Causerie du soir'' * ''Paneakes at Pont-Croix'' * ''The old chaps (Holland)'' * ''On the dyke (Holland)''Salon 1908

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; archive.org

References

Notes

*Bénézit, p. 631.

External links

Jules Martin, Nos peintres et sculpteurs, Paris, Flammarion, 1898, volume 2, p. 25. (archive.org)

Les Parisiens de Paris, 1901, p. 275 (BNF)

Album "Jules BENOIT-LÉVY (1866-1952)", Pictify

Famille Benoit-Lévy (généalogie), par Muriel Lévy

Le Figaro, 1904/08/12 (Numéro 225)

Le Figaro, 1914/06/17 (Numéro 168), p.5
Jules BENOIT-LÉVY president des Amis de Paris.
''Les Amis de Paris'': revue mensuelle illustrée, 1914/01 (A4,N27)-1923/06 (A13,N30), p. 374
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