Louis Léopold Robert

Painting, Visual Artist

1794 – 1835

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Who was Louis Léopold Robert?

Louis Léopold Robert was a Swiss painter.

He was born at La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland, but left his native place with the engraver Jean Girardet at the age of sixteen for Paris.

He was on the eve of obtaining the grand prix for engraving when the events of 1815 blasted his hopes, for Neuchâtel was restored to Prussia, and Robert was struck off the list of competitors as a foreigner. Whilst continuing his studies under Girardet he had never ceased to frequent the studio of David, and he now determined to become a painter, and only returned to his native country when his master himself was exiled. At Neuchâtel he attracted the notice of Roullet de Mezerac, who enabled him by a timely loan to proceed to Rome. In depicting the customs and life of the people, of southern Italy especially, he showed peculiar feeling for the historical characteristics of their race.

After executing many detached studies of Italian life Robert conceived the idea of painting four great works which should represent at one and the same time the four seasons in Italy and the four leading races of its people. In the "Return from the Fête of the Madonna dell'Arco" he depicted the Neapolitans and the spring.

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Born
May 13, 1794
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Nationality
  • France
Died
Mar 20, 1835
Venice

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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