Henry Lerolle was a French painter🎨, art collector and patron, born in Paris. He studied at Académie Suisse and in the studio of Louis Lamothe.
His work was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1868, 1885 and 1895.
In 1889 Lerolle painted the murals "The Crowning of Science" and "The Teaching of Science" in the Hôtel de Ville, Paris.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Portrait of Henri Lerolle, 1895
He painted "Flight into Egypt" in the Sorbonne, and also did works in Schola Cantorum (the establishment of which he was involved), and the church of St. Martin des Champs, both in Paris. Lerolle was made a Chevalier, Légion d'honneur in 1889.
Lerolle's paintings are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Musée d'Orsay and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.
Patronage
Yvonne Lerolle was a friend to Julie Manet, daughter of the painter Berthe Morisot🎨.
Lerolle owned several canvases by Maurice Denis🎨 including Catholic Mystery, and is considered to be Denis's first important patron. In fact, Denis claimed that Lerolle "discovered him".
In 1892 Lerolle commissioned Denis to paint a ceiling mural for his home entitled "L'Echelle dans le Feuillage" ("Ladder in the Foliage").
Additionally, Lerolle was a friend and patron to Degas🎨 and Renoir🎨, the latter of whom painted several portraits of Lerolle's daughters and of Lerolle himself.
Lerolle also owned works by Fantin-Latour🎨 (who painted Lerolle's wife, Madeleine Escudier), Corot🎨, Gauguin🎨 and others.
Madame Lerolle's sister, Jeanne, was married to the composer Ernest Chausson and the Lerolle home, at 20, avenue Duquesne was a meeting place not only for artists, but also musicians of the day including Vincent d'Indy, Claude Debussy🎨 and Paul Dukas.
Having met via Lerolle, Chausson also commissioned works by Maurice Denis. Lerolle was also a violinist and composer.
Debussy dedicated several piano works to Lerolle's daughter Yvonne (b. 1877) including three Images in 1894. | © Wikipedia
Henri (detto Henry) Lerolle (Parigi, 3 ottobre 1848 - Parigi, 22 aprile 1929) è stato un pittore Francese🎨 formatosi nella "Académie de Charles Suisse" e nello studio d'arte di Louis Lamothe.
Le sue prime opere furono esposte al Salon nel 1868, 1885, e 1895.
Nel 1889 Lerolle dipinse il "The Crowning of Science" e "The Teaching of Science" nel Municipio di Parigi.
Dipinse altresì il Flight into Egypt alla Sorbona e operò anche alla Schola Cantorum (della quale fu uno dei fondatori) e nella chiesa di Saint-Martin-des-Champs, entrambe a Parigi.
I suoi dipinti sono esposti in importanti musei quali il Museo d'Orsay, il Metropolitan Museum of Art, il Museum of Fine Arts di Boston ed il Fine Arts Museum di San Francisco. | © Wikipedia
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