Léon (Baron) Frederic PRICE CHARTS
1856 - 1940. Known for: Portrait and landscape painting.
Son of a prosperous jeweler, Léon (Baron) Frédéric was born in 1856. Leon Frederic was an apprentice to the painter-decorator Charle-Albert in 1871 and attended evening classes at the Académie royale... Read full biography
Son of a prosperous jeweler, Léon (Baron) Frédéric was born in 1856. Leon Frederic was an apprentice to the painter-decorator Charle-Albert in 1871 and attended evening classes at the Académie royale des beaux-arts in Brussels. In 1874, Leon, Frederic worked in the private studio of Jean-François... Read full biography
Son of a prosperous jeweler, Léon (Baron) Frédéric was born in 1856. Leon Frederic was an apprentice to the painter-decorator Charle-Albert in 1871 and attended evening classes at the Académie royale des beaux-arts in Brussels. In 1874, Leon, Frederic worked in the private studio of Jean-François Portaels. The following year, Frederic joined forces with other young painters to rent a studio where they could study live models. From 1876 to 1878, Frederic prepared for the Prix de Rome, which he... Read full biography
Son of a prosperous jeweler, Léon (Baron) Frédéric was born in 1856. Leon Frederic was an apprentice to the painter-decorator Charle-Albert in 1871 and attended evening classes at the Académie royale des beaux-arts in Brussels. In 1874, Leon, Frederic worked in the private studio of Jean-François Portaels. The following year, Frederic joined forces with other young painters to rent a studio where they could study live models. From 1876 to 1878, Frederic prepared for the Prix de Rome, which he failed to win, but his father offered him a year's travel to Italy from 1878 to 1879. The presentation of his triptychs testifies to the influence of the Italian primitives in his painting. Leon Frederic made his debut in the Essor art group, which... Read full biography
Son of a prosperous jeweler, Léon (Baron) Frédéric was born in 1856. Leon Frederic was an apprentice to the painter-decorator Charle-Albert in 1871 and attended evening classes at the Académie royale des beaux-arts in Brussels. In 1874, Leon, Frederic worked in the private studio of Jean-François Portaels. The following year, Frederic joined forces with other young painters to rent a studio where they could study live models. From 1876 to 1878, Frederic prepared for the Prix de Rome, which he failed to win, but his father offered him a year's travel to Italy from 1878 to 1879. The presentation of his triptychs testifies to the influence of the Italian primitives in his painting. Leon Frederic made his debut in the Essor art group, which brought together proponents of realism. In 1883, Frederic was hailed as a promising painter with his painting Les Marchands de cr... Read full biography
