Laura Leroux-Revault
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| Born | Maria Laura Desiderata Le Roux 14 September 1872 |
| Died | June 1936 |
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Laura Leroux-Revault (née Maria Laura Desiderata Le Roux) (14 September 1872 – June 1936) was a French artist and painter, trained at the Académie Julian art school in Paris. Her first teacher was her father, the painter Louis Hector Leroux.
Early life
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Maria Laura Desiderata Le Roux was born on 14 September 1872 at Dun-sur-Meuse. She was the daughter of Giuditta Clelia Casali and Louis Hector Leroux (1829–1900), a successful French painter.[1]
Her parents met when her maternal grandfather was the doctor who treated her father for wounds he received when serving in the Francs-tireurs de la Seine in the Battle of Buzenval, where his leg was broken by a projectile.[2] She had a younger brother Nicholas. Their father painted a portrait of the siblings in 1888.
Career
[edit]Laura Leroux trained at the Académie Julian art school in Paris. Initially a pupil of her father, she then trained under Jules Lefebvre and in Jean-Jacques Henner's studio. The two artists were friends of her father.[3]
Exhibitions
[edit]Leroux-Revault exhibited works with the Société des Artistes Français.
- 1892: Paris, Salon des artistes français: Fille de Roy (titre de l'inventaire), No. 1067.[4]
- 1894: Paris, Salon des artistes français: Anne et Jehanne, No. 1158.[5]
- 1896: Paris, Salon des artistes français: Jehanne Ire de Naples, No. 1242, et L'Heure de l'attente, No. 1243.[6]
Selected known works
[edit]- Bar-le-Duc, Musée barrois: Fille de Roy [titre de l'inventaire], 1892, oil on canvas, stolen during the night of 20 or 21 August 1985, current location unknown.[7][4]
- Nancy, musée des Beaux-Arts: Anne et Jehanne, 1894, oil on canvas.
- Verdun, musée de la Princerie: L'Attente ou L'Heure de l'attente, entre 1890 et 1903, oil on canvas.[8]
- Jehanne Ire de Naples (Joan I of Naples), painting exhibited in 1896 in the Paris' Salon des Artistes français (Salon of French Artists). Current location Philadelphia, offered for sale on eBay.[9]
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L'Attente (self portrait) (1896), musée de la Princerie -
Jehanne Ire de Naples, 1896
Portraits of Leroux-Revault by other artists
[edit]- Louis Hector Leroux, Portrait de Laura en vestale, Verdun, musée de la Princerie, inv. 81.1.261.[10]
- Louis Hector Leroux, Portrait de femme [Laura Leroux], Verdun, musée de la Princerie, inv. 81.1.262.[11]
- Jean-Jacques Henner, Portrait de Laura Leroux, vers 1898, Verdun, musée de la Princerie, inv. 81.1.79[12]
- Jean-Jacques Henner, Portrait de Mademoiselle Laura Leroux, 1898, musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers (dépôt du musée d'Orsay), MBA 830 Dép.[13]
Personal life
[edit]In 1898, she married Louis Revault (1866–1950), a French industrialist and chocolate manufacturer who later became a député in Paris.[14][15] She became known as Laura Leroux-Revault.
Laura Leroux-Revault died in June 1936 in Auzéville in Argonne.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ Acte de naissance No. 19, 14 septembre 1872, Dun-sur-Meuse, Archives départementales de la Meuse (avec mention marginale de mariage).
- ^ Gohel, Louis-Michel, et. al. Louis-Hector Leroux (Verdun 1829-Angers 1900). Peintures et esquisses, Musées de Bar-le-Duc et Verdun, Imprimerie du Barrois, January, 1988.
- ^ "ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)". www.getty.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Base Joconde: Reference no. M0517007703, French Ministry of Culture. (in French).
- ^ Salon; Société des artistes français (1894). "Catalogue illustré du Salon... / publié sous la direction de F.-G. Dumas". Gallica (in French). Retrieved 2019-04-27..
- ^ Salon; Société des artistes français (1896). "Catalogue illustré du Salon… / publié sous la direction de F.-G. Dumas". Gallica (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-06..
- ^ "POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine".
- ^ Base Joconde: Reference no. M0525000540, French Ministry of Culture. (in French).
- ^ "Base Salons". salons.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ Base Joconde: Portrait de Laura en vestale, French Ministry of Culture. (in French), page consultée le 23 août 2023.
- ^ Base Joconde: Portrait de femme, French Ministry of Culture. (in French), page consultée le 23 août 2023.
- ^ Base Joconde: Portrait de Laura Leroux, French Ministry of Culture. (in French), page consultée le 23 août 2023.
- ^ "Portrait de Laura Leroux". Musées d'Angers. Retrieved 2023-08-23..
- ^ Acte de mariage No. 1180, 4 août 1898, Paris, Archives de Paris (vue 23/31).
- ^ "Visionneuse - Archives de Paris". archives.paris.fr. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "Petit courrier artistique". Comœdia (in French). (in French), 1936-06-14, p. 3, retrieved 2024-04-09
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