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Timoleon Lobrichon | Genre painter

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Timoléon Marie Lobrichon (1831-1914) was a French genre scenes and portrait painter.
He received a formal artistic training with François Edouard Picot at the Paris Beaux-Arts Academy.
In 1859, he started exhibiting at the French Artists Salon and was awarded a first class medal in 1868. Lobrichon became one of the most sought after and praised painter for his portraits of children.



With a great sensitivity, he was able to capture the character and personality of each child, that he used to depict in a given situation or activity: playing games, studying or strolling, so that, rather than making just a portrait, Lobrichon created a story which involved the child’s features and mood: "The reading class", purchased by the French State in 1864; "Being punished" 1865 Salon; "Croquemitaine's luggage", 1876 Salon; "The Last rehearsal", 1906 Salon.
In 1884, he illustrated the very popular book "La Chanson de l'Enfant",(the song of a child) by Jean Aicard.
In 1873, the New York Knoedler Gallery on Fifth Avenue, exhibited a Goupil’s engraving of one of his work "Compulsory education" contributing to increase his popularity in the USA.
He also exhibited in Germany and in Melbourne.
In 1882 he was awarded the French Légion d'Honneur. He died in Paris in January 1914.






Timoléon Marie Lobrichon, nato il 26 aprile 1831 a Cornod e morto nel 1914 è stato un pittore ed illustratore Francese, famoso per le sue rappresentazioni dell'infanzia.
Lobrichon fu allievo di François-Édouard Picot. Nel 1856 realizzò un fumetto in formato italiano, Histoire de Mr Tuberculus, l'avventura di un ragazzo sognante con un grande naso1. In questo periodo fu autore di ritratti per L'Album du Gaulois.
Pittore di storia, ritrattistica e genere, è noto in particolare per le sue composizioni con bambini, all'epoca ampiamente riprodotte sotto forma di incisioni, dalla casa internazionale Goupil e Cie.
Si possono così citare i dipinti "Un angolo del giardino del Lussemburgo", "Thumb and Maddy" o "La vetrina del negozio di giocattoli".
Oltre ai ritratti di bambini, Lobrichon era noto anche per i suoi paesaggi giurassiani e normanni, o per il ritratto di Michelet2.
Nel 1883 fu nominato Cavaliere della Legion d'Onore.
Viveva a Elbeuf ed era amico del pittore Edmond-Adolphe Rudaux. | Fonte: © Français Wikipedia