Jean-Baptiste Auguste Leloir

Jean-Baptiste Auguste LELOIR  Biography:

A pinner of a dynasty of painters, Auguste Leloir is the husband of watercolorist Héloïse Colin (1820-1874), the father of the painter Alexandre-Louis Leloir and the illustrator Maurice Leloir, and the uncle of Édouard Toudouze.

Crowned with a 3rd Grand Prix of Rome in 1835, Auguste Leloir exhibited at the Salon in the same year. He was awarded twice, obtaining a 3rd class medal at the 1839 Salon and a 2nd class medal at the 1841 Salon for his painting representing Homer, purchased by the State and deposited at the Louvre Museum.

Author of historical, religious, and mythological scenes, he also practices the art of portraiture.

He is buried in the Montparnasse cemetery, in the 18th Division. His remains were transferred to Père Lachaise's ossuary on September 15, 1992.

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