Ferdinand Gueldry Explained

Ferdinand Gueldry
Occupation:	Painter
Birth Date:	21 May 1858
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Death Place:	Lausanne, Switzerland
Style:	19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art

Joseph Ferdinand Gueldry (21 May 1858  - 17 February 1945) was a French painter. He studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme at École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.^[1] Gueldry debuted his artwork at 20 years old in 1878 at the yearly Paris Salon exhibit, and continued to be featured there regularly until 1933.^[2] That same year he was also awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.^[3] His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[4] As a founding member of the Nautical Society at Marne in Joinville-le-Pont (Société Nautique de Marne) and an avid rower his paintings often depict rowing, regattas and maritime themes.^[5] His work is still relevant, with the painting Launching the boat sold for $150,731 USD in 2017.^[6]

Further reading

• "Ferdinand Gueldry", Bénézit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford Art Online, 2011
• Thieme und Felix Becker. Band 15: Gresse–Hanselmann. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 198 (online: Internet Archive)
• Bénézit: Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, 3rd edn., Gründ, Paris 1976, vol. 5, p. 265
• Gérald Schurr and Pierre Cabanne, Les Petits Maîtres de la peinture 1820-1920, Paris, Les Éditions de l’amateur, 2014, p. 487
• Musée de Nogent-sur-Marne, Ferdinand Gueldry, peintre de l'eau et de la lumière: catalogue, exhibition 15 September 2018 - 29 May 2019, Nogent-sur-Marne, Créa'3P, 2018, 27 pp.
• Michel Riousset, Les environs de la Marne et leurs peintres, Amatteis, 1986 (reprint 1997)
• List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (G)

External links

• RKD - Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis: Ferdinand Gueldry
• Gueldry, peintre du canotage et de l'aviron, with images of paintings

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ferdinand Joseph Gueldry (1858 - 1945) Artist Macconnal-Mason . 2022-03-26 . www.macconnal-mason.com.
2. Web site: Ferdinand Gueldry - . 2022-03-29 . Galerie Ary Jan . en.
3. Web site: Bonhams : Ferdinand Joseph Gueldry (French, 1858-1945) The boat race . 2022-03-29 . www.bonhams.com.
4. Web site: Ferdinand Gueldry . Olympedia . 22 July 2020.
5. Web site: Bonhams : Ferdinand Joseph Gueldry (French, 1858-1945) Launching the boat . 2022-03-26 . www.bonhams.com.
6. Web site: Ferdinand-Joseph Gueldry 31 Artworks at Auction MutualArt . 2022-03-26 . www.mutualart.com . en.