Charles Gleyre

Charles Gleyre
Self-portrait , 1841 (Palace of Versailles)
Born(1806-05-02)2 May 1806
Chevilly, Switzerland
Died5 May 1874(1874-05-05) (aged 68)
Paris, France
Known foroil painting

Marc Gabriel Charles Gleyre (2 May 1806 – 5 May 1874), was a Swiss artist who was a resident in France from an early age. He took over the studio of Paul Delaroche in 1843 and taught a number of younger artists who became prominent, including Henry-Lionel Brioux,[1] George du Maurier,[2] Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Louis-Frédéric Schützenberger, Alfred Sisley, Auguste Toulmouche, and James McNeill Whistler.[3]

  1. ^ "Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'école française, continué par L. Auvray". 1885.
  2. ^ Ainger, Alfred (1901). "Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson" . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). Vol. 2. pp. 161–166.
  3. ^ "Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre, 1806-1874". The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 5 April 2015.