Alfred Dedreux

Alfred Dedreux (* May 23, 1810 in Paris, † March 5, 1860 ibid; actually Pierre de Dreux ) was a French painter. The well-known especially for his horse motifs artist was one of the successful painters of the Paris Salon in the first half of the 19th century and later worked for the court of Emperor Napoléon III ..

Life

Alfred Dedreux came as the son of the architect and later Prix de Rome winner Pierre -Anne Dedreux 1810 in Paris to the world. In addition to the painter Pierre -Joseph Dedreux, an uncle of the artist, also included the painter Louise Marie de Becq Fouquières, a sister of Alfred Dedreux, to artistically talented family environment. 1817 visited Alfred Dedreux together with his mother and younger sister Thérèse -Elisabeth to staying in Rome father. The family remained there until 1819 and then returned to Paris.

In addition to painting relatives influenced the young Alfred Dedreux especially Théodore Géricault, a close friend of the family. Even as a thirteen- year-old Alfred Dedreux worked on today in the Louvre drawing Un Maquignon dating back in parts to Géricault Cheval Cauchois. Géricault painted in 1818, the young Alfred along with his sister Élisabeth. Also on Géricault 's also the now -lost early work due Mazeppa, a monumental oil paintings which Dedreux created at the age of 15 years. The training to become a painter, he was first with his uncle and later with Léon Cogniet.

After his education Dedreux specialized mainly on the presentation of horses. His debut at the Paris Salon in 1831 he had écurie with the paintings Cheval sautant un fossé and Intérieur d'. Until 1859 he exhibited regularly at the Salon from images that have had great success there. So he was there in 1834, 1844 and 1848 was awarded a Medal of Honor. In addition to riding scenes as La Course au baiser and Reiterbildnisse as Le duc d' Orléans, occasionally also worked on historical paintings, such as the 1836 featured in the salon martyrdom of St.. Hippolytus, or Bataille de Baugé, which he showed at the Salon in 1839. During the reign of King Louis Philippe in addition to representations of English thoroughbreds and motifs such as bulldogs, greyhounds and coaches were asked the audience of Alfred Dedreux.

After the revolution of 1848, Dedreux held at some time in London, where he met with his painter friends Eugène Louis Lami and Pierre Gavarni. It was not until 1852, the year of the coronation of Napoleon III. to the French Emperor, Dedreux returned to Paris. From the imperial couple, he received several orders to rider portraits. He also worked at this time on several pictures depicting the equestrian sport. In 1856 he was awarded by the French government the contract for the painting Le Combat de cavalerie d' Eupatoria, which is considered lost today. In 1857 he was appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour. Dedreux also worked as an engraver and let make some of his works lithographs.

It is unclear the exact cause of death of the artist. Thus, the art historian Charles Blanc claimed immediately after the artist's death, this came in a fall from horse to death. 1865 Blanc took back that statement and now spoke of the death by a duel.

Works

  • Self-portrait, Musée de l' Oise Departmental, Beauvais
  • Le duc d' Orléans, 1844, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Bordeaux
  • Maréchal ferrant, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Brest
  • Un chien du duc d' Aumale, 1853, Musée Condé, Chantilly
  • Mlle Mosselman dans les jardins des Champs- Elysées, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
  • Cheval de course, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Dijon
  • Deux cavaliers, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Le Havre
  • Two standing hunting dogs, 1846, Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig
  • Wild stallion in the stable, Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig
  • Arabs on horseback, 1850, Neue Pinakothek, Munich
  • La Bataille de Baugé, 1839, Musée d'Art et d' Histoire, Narbonne
  • Hunting scene, Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris
  • Portr. Monsieur de Grisier, Musée Carnavalet, Paris
  • Mademoiselle Roche en amazone, Musée de la Comédie Français, Paris
  • Amazone à Pierrefonds, Musée Hermès, Paris
  • Randjiit Sing Baadour, roi de Lahore, 1838, Louvre, Paris
  • Avaliers et Amazone au bord d'un lac en forêt de Compiegne, Louvre, Paris
  • Portrait du comte Alfred de Montgomery, Louvre, Paris
  • Etalon arabe, 1846, Louvre, Paris
  • Equestrian Portrait of Napoleon III. , Musée de l' Armée, Paris
  • Equestrian Portrait of the Comte d' Aguado, 1853, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
  • L' Ecuyère Kippler, Petit Palais, Paris
  • La famille Mosselman, Petit Palais, Paris
  • Promenade en forêt, Musee Francisque Mandet, Riom
  • Amazon, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Saint- Lô
  • Le comte de Paris et le duc de Chartres dans le parc de Claremont, Château, Versailles
  • Etalon effrayé par l' orage, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
  • Palefrenier mauresque et son cheval, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
  • Ride, in 1850, Hermitage, St. Petersburg
  • Amazone, 1848, Ermitage, Saint-Petersburg
  • Pug in a chair, in 1857, Ermitage, Saint-Petersburg

Gallery

Greyhound in a wide landscape

Randjiit Sing Baadour

Amazon in the Bois de Boulogne

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