Joseph Layraud Explained

Joseph Fortuné Séraphin Layraud (15 October 1834 – 12 October 1912) was a French painter. There is no complete clearance as to the birth' and the death' dates. Some sources refer to 1833–1913.^{[1] [2]} His range included historical scenes and figures, religious and mythological subjects, landscapes, and portraits of contemporaries.^[3]

Life and career

Layraud was born at La Roche-sur-le-Buis in south-eastern France. After beginning his training in Marseilles in 1853 he moved to Paris in 1856, studying at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts under Léon Cogniet and Tony Robert-Fleury. He was awarded the Grand Prix de Rome in 1863.^[4]

After his time in Rome, Layraud travelled in Italy and Portugal, painting landscapes, he did some history paintings and many portraits.^[3] From 1892 he was a professor at the Académie des beaux-arts in Valenciennes. His pupils included Jules Chaine, Max Albert Decrouez, Grégoire Nicolas Finez, Lucien Hector Jonas, Charles Paris, Maurice Rufin and Alfred Léon Sauvage.^{[4] [5]}

Layraud exhibited at the Paris Salon, winning medals in 1872; his work was shown at the 1889 and 1900 Expositions Universelles.^[4]

Layraud was appointed Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1890 and was promoted to Officer in 1903. He died 1913 on his birth day, in Valenciennes.^[4]

Works

Layraud's works are on show in French galleries in:

• Avignon (Doctor P E Chauffard)
• Bayonne (Femme au chapeau noir)
• Cahors (portrait of Léon Gambetta)
• Chambery (Le bon Samaritain)
• Épinal (Marsyas Flayed)
• Narbonne (Diogenes)
• Paris
  • Musée d'Orsay (Chambre mortuaire de Gambetta)
  • École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (Joseph se fait reconnaître par ses frères)
• Troyes (vue de Lisbonne prise de la rive gauche du Tage; vue du Tage prise du palais de l'ambassade de France)
• Valence (Joseph se fait reconnaître par ses frères), (Wreck of the Medusa; Mgr Catton; Inès de Castro)

The Musée des beaux-arts of his adopted city, Valenciennes, holds many works by Layraud, including Bulls Brought Out and many portraits of which that of Liszt is among the best known.^{[4] [6]}

Internationally, Layraud's work is displayed in Melbourne (Italian Highwaymen), the Ajuda National Palace,^[4] andSmith College Museum of Art, Massachusetts (Portrait de Pierre Dupont).^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://www.tableau-ancien.com/en/old-paintings/portraits/513-joseph-layraud-1833-1913-pairs-of-notable-portraits-french-school-of-the-nineteenth-dated-1855//Joseph Layraud 1833/1913 - Pairs of notable portraits - French School of the nineteenth dated 1855/ Joseph Layraud 1833/1913 - Pairs of notable portraits - French School of the nineteenth dated 1855
2. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11970563k/Notice de personne.Layraud, Fortuné (1833-1913)
3. http://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/search?siteToSearch=benezit&q=Joseph+Layraud&searchBtn=Search&isQuickSearch=true/ "Layraud, Joseph Fortuné Séraphin"
4. http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/benezit/B00105655 "Layraud, Joseph Fortuné Séraphin"
5. http://www.oxfordartonline.com/search?q=layraud/ "Layraud"
6. http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=AUTR&VALUE_98=LAYRAUD%20Joseph%20Fortun%E9&DOM=All&REL_SPECIFIC=3 "Joseph Layraud"
7. http://images.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmuseums.fivecolleges.edu%2Fgrabimg.php%253Fkv%253D3289638&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmuseums.fivecolleges.edu%2Finfo.php%3Fv%3D1%26museum%3Dall%26s%3Dcostume%26type%3Dall%26t%3Dobjects%26f%3D%26d%3D%26page%3D22&h=900&w=725&tbnid=ryT-L0hZDQcVVM%3A&docid=SkqUBbQrmr_x2M&ei=syFxVs_oNoKVa5n6nMAJ&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=390&page=5&start=117&ndsp=31&ved=0ahUKEwiPjo2E_N_JAhWCyhoKHRk9B5g4ZBCtAwhPMBk portrait de Pierre Dupont