Charles Zacharie Landelle (1821 - 1908)
[Charles Landelle, Ch Landelle]
Among the most eminent of French figure painters of the older school was Charles Landelle, who wasborn at Laval, in Mayenne, in 1821, and was a pupil of Paul Delaroche and Ary Scheffer.
He neverequalled either of his masters in power of expression, but possessed a soft and pleasing style of his own.His life was extremely successful as a painter of easel pictures, portraits, and decorative compositions, andexamples of him are to be found in all the museums of Paris and the departments of France, and in many of thebest American collections.
Charles Zacharie Landelle () – Ismenie, Nymph of Diana Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Charles Zacharie Landelle () – Ismenie, Nymph of Diana Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.Figure, landscape and genre painter specialising in orientalism.French painter ().Appraisal: Late 19th-Century Charles Zacharie Landelle Painting, from Tulsa Hour 2.Charles Zacharie Landelle (French, ).The "Rebecca" is one of his pictures purchased by the Government. Landelle wasrepeatedly medalled from 1842 down, and in 1855 was received into the Legion of Honor for hispicture "The Virgin Resting," which now hangs in the Louvre.
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