Louis-Théodore Devilly (28 October 1818, Metz24 December 1886, Nancy) was a French painter who specialized in military and Orientalist scenes; associated with the .

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He came from a family of booksellers.André Bellard :"Laurent-Charles Maréchal, l'École de Metz", in ''Les cahiers lorrains'', S.H.A.L., Metz, 1959. His father, Louis-Jean-Baptiste (1792-1826), was a member of the and a prominent

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. Following his father's death, his mother, Félicité Constance Gentil, took over the bookshop, but he was more attracted to drawing and sketching.Émile Auguste Nicolas Jules Bégin: ''Biographie de la Moselle'', reprinted by the University of Michigan, 2009 From 1833 to 1835, he attended classes taught by Laurent-Charles Maréchal, the founder of the École de Metz. He then went to Paris, where he became a student of Paul Delaroche at the École des beaux-arts de Paris. In addition to oil painting, he practiced engraving and worked with watercolors. In 1840, he exhibited at the

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.Société des artistes français. ''Salon : Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture et gravure, des artistes vivants'', Paris, 1885. He returned to Metz in 1841, but continued to exhibit in Paris; winning a silver medal at the Salon of 1852. He became especially well known for his huge canvases of historical scenes; mostly battles. In 1864, he was named Director of the Following the Franco-Prussian War, he remained loyal to France and moved away from Metz, which had become part of the

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. He settled in Nancy and took over management of the , a post he held until his death in 1886.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Devilly, Louis-Theodore 1818 births 1886 deaths 19th-century French painters French history painters French orientalists Military art Artists from Metz

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