![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Illustrations de Maurice Leloir), Paul et Virginie, Paris, Librairie artistique, H.Maurice Leloir realized some paintings including La Maison Fournaise (oil on wood) exposed in the musée Fournaise of the city of Chatou, but unfortunately stolen in 1999. In 1884, Guy de Maupassant dedicated him the short story Idylle. His brother, Alexandre-Louis Leloir, also an illustrator, was a well known painter. ![]() A prolific illustrator of books, especially for children, such as the Richelieu by Theodore Cahu, of magazines and fans, he founded the "Société d'histoire du costume" in 1907. With many other painters, he was a member of the Crozant School in the valleys of Creuse.Īround the 1890s, Maurice Leloir and his students flooded the picture book market, inspired by photographs representing accurately costumes and attitudes of the past, much appreciated by bibliophiles. The son and pupil of painter Auguste Leloir and watercolorist Héloïse Suzanne Colin daughter of painter Alexandre-Marie Colin, Maurice Leloir first exhibited at Salon des artistes français, of which he became the secretary. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |