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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Léonard-Alexis Daligé de Fontenay was born and died in Paris. He studied with Louis Etienne Watelet (1780-1866) and Louis Hersent (1777-1860) at L'École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, which he entered in 1831. He first showed at the Salon in Paris in 1833. He was a founding member of L'Association Taylor. He travelled a great deal, visiting Switzerland, Corsica, Germany and the French Antilles. This is a typical example of his work, which often depict mountain scenes. These views were painted en plein air, that is out of doors, in front of the subject, only touching up' being done in the studio. His works are in a number of museums in France, including those in Montpelier, Montauban and Nantes. | Subjects: | dog); figure; landscape; place (Grindelwald) animal (cow | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Daligé de Fontenay, Léonard-Alexis (French painter 1813-1892) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8828... | Go to resource |
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