Charles Gleyre<br>Le génie de l’invention

Charles Gleyre
Le génie de l’invention

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In 2006, the Museum of Fine Arts, Lausanne, presented an exceptional retrospective of the works of Charles Gleyre (1806-1874), the talented academic painter.

On the occasion of the bicentenary of his birth, the exhibition revealed the career of this Swiss artist who played a major role in French art history of the 19th century. More than 200 works were on view, including a series of monumental paintings. Watercolors from his oriental travels, projects for the decorations of the Dampierre castle, mythological scenes, religious compositions, and modern history paintings retraced the career of Gleyre, a neo-Greek painter and manager of a studio of more than five hundred students, among whom were the future Impressionists Bazille, Renoir, Sisley, and Monet.

Charles Gleyre. Le génie de l’invention

To coincide with the exhibition, a major monograph was published by 5 Continents, Milan, 2006, fr., 291 p. Texts by Marie Alamir, Thérèse Burollet, Patrick Shaw Cable, Danielle Chaperon, Guy Ducrey, Elizabeth Fischer, Dario Gamboni, Véronique Gély, Stéphane Guégan, William Hauptman, Philippe Junod, Philippe Kaenel, Catherine Lepdor, Daniel Maggetti, Linda Nochlin, Dominique Radrizzani, Claude Ritschard, Michel Thévoz, Pierre Vaisse, Bernard Vouilloux, Sylvie Wuhrmann, Franz Zelger.

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