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1816 Limoges, France - 1879 Paris, France. Known for: Landscape painting.
Leon Victor Dupre (1816-1879). A French landscape painter, Victor Dupré was taught painting by his brother Jules Dupré (April 5, 1812 - October 6, 1889). Like his brother, he was friends with... Read full biography
Leon Victor Dupre (1816-1879). A French landscape painter, Victor Dupré was taught painting by his brother Jules Dupré (April 5, 1812 - October 6, 1889). Like his brother, he was friends with Théodore Rousseau, Constable, Turner, Crome, and Bonington, the great landscape artists of the time. He was... Read full biography
Leon Victor Dupre (1816-1879). A French landscape painter, Victor Dupré was taught painting by his brother Jules Dupré (April 5, 1812 - October 6, 1889). Like his brother, he was friends with Théodore Rousseau, Constable, Turner, Crome, and Bonington, the great landscape artists of the time. He was awarded the third prize at the Salon of 1849. In circa 1850, he began painting rustic scenes of nature, his favorite subjects. A plein air artist, he traveled throughout France, painting its... Read full biography
Leon Victor Dupre (1816-1879). A French landscape painter, Victor Dupré was taught painting by his brother Jules Dupré (April 5, 1812 - October 6, 1889). Like his brother, he was friends with Théodore Rousseau, Constable, Turner, Crome, and Bonington, the great landscape artists of the time. He was awarded the third prize at the Salon of 1849. In circa 1850, he began painting rustic scenes of nature, his favorite subjects. A plein air artist, he traveled throughout France, painting its riverbanks and the stormy skies of Berry, the Limousin region, and Normandy. Sources include:. safran-arts.com/42day/art/art4jun/art0618.html. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon-Victor_Dupré. "DUPRÉ, Léon Victor" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by... Read full biography
Leon Victor Dupre (1816-1879). A French landscape painter, Victor Dupré was taught painting by his brother Jules Dupré (April 5, 1812 - October 6, 1889). Like his brother, he was friends with Théodore Rousseau, Constable, Turner, Crome, and Bonington, the great landscape artists of the time. He was awarded the third prize at the Salon of 1849. In circa 1850, he began painting rustic scenes of nature, his favorite subjects. A plein air artist, he traveled throughout France, painting its riverbanks and the stormy skies of Berry, the Limousin region, and Normandy. Sources include:. safran-arts.com/42day/art/art4jun/art0618.html. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon-Victor_Dupré. "DUPRÉ, Léon Victor" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, 1886-1889
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Leon Victor Dupre (1816-1879)
A French landscape painter, Victor Dupré was taught painting by his brother Jules Dupré (April 5, 1812 - October 6, 1889). Like his brother, he was friends with Théodore Rousseau, Constable, Turner, Crome, and Bonington, the great landscape artists of the time. He was awarded the third prize at the Salon of 1849.
In circa 1850, he began painting rustic scenes of nature, his favorite subjects. A plein air artist, he traveled throughout France, painting its riverbanks and the stormy skies of Berry, the Limousin region, and Normandy.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon-Victor_Dupré
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