Charles-Philippe Larivière (28 September 1798, Paris - 29 February 1876, Paris) was a French academic

Academic art

Academic art is a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. Specifically, academic art is the art and artists influenced by the standards of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts, which practiced under the movements of Neoclassicism and Romanticism,...

 painter and lithographer.

Life

A talented student of Paulin Guérin, Girodet-Trioson and Antoine-Jean Gros

Antoine-Jean Gros

Baron Antoine-Jean Gros , also known as Jean-Antoine Gros, was both a French History and neoclassical painter.-Early life and training:...

, he was admitted to the école des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...

 in 1813 and won second prize in the Prix de Rome

Prix de Rome

The Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students, principally of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It was created, initially for painters and sculptors, in 1663 in France during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by...

 in 1819 then a médaille d'encouragement in 1820. In 1824, he won first prize in the Prix de Rome with a painting of The Death of Alcibiades

Alcibiades

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, thus allowing him to stay in Rome at the Villa Medici

Villa Medici

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 from 1824 to 1830.

Receptive to the sensibilities of the Romantic

Romanticism

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 school but formed within the discipline of classicism, he became an official artist specialising in history painting

History painting

History painting is a genre in painting defined by subject matter rather than an artistic style, depicting a moment in a narrative story, rather than a static subject such as a portrait...

s of public events and battles of the Ancien Regime (such as the Battle of the Dunes

Battle of the Dunes (1658)

The Battle of the Dunes, fought on 14 June , 1658, is also known as the Battle of Dunkirk. It was a victory of the French army, under Turenne, against the Spanish army, led by John of Austria the Younger and Louis II de Condé...

) and the medieval period (such as Montgisard and Castillon), though he also produced portraits of public figures and religious works. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon

Paris Salon

The Salon , or rarely Paris Salon , beginning in 1725 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Between 1748–1890 it was the greatest annual or biannual art event in the Western world...

 in 1827 and won a medal in 1831 and 1855. He benefitted from important public commissions (such as 3 of the paintings in the Galerie des batailles

Galerie des Batailles

The Galerie des Batailles is a 120 metre long and 13 metre wide gallery occupying the first floor of the aile du midi of the Palace of Versailles, joining onto the grand and petit 'appartements de la reine'...

 at the château de Versailles) and received the Légion d'honneur

Légion d'honneur

The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...

 in 1836. He was also awarded the Tunisia

Tunisia

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n order of the Nicham Iftikar.

Among the portraits of historic figures which he assigned to the paintings collection at the Musée d’Histoire de France at Versailles are those of marshals Rochambeau, Bugeaud and Saint-Arnaud. His standing portrait of général Dode de La Brunerie

Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie

Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie was a Marshal of France. On February 12, 1812, he married the daughter of Marshal Pérignon, Agathe-Virginie.-Early life and French revolutionary wars:...

 hung on the escalier d'honneur of the Pavillon du Roi, at the Château de Vincennes

Château de Vincennes

The Château de Vincennes is a massive 14th and 17th century French royal castle in the town of Vincennes, to the east of Paris, now a suburb of the metropolis.-History:...

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He also decorated a chapel dedicated to Saint-Eustache and, like Ingres

Ingres

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, produced cartoons for stained glass windows for the Chapelle royale de Dreux

Chapelle royale de Dreux

The Chapelle royale de Dreux, situated in Dreux, France, is a Chapel and burial site of the Royal House of Orléans. The House of Orléans was founded by Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans - the younger brother of Louis XIV of France...

. On his death his family left what was left in his studio to the musée de Picardie

Musée de Picardie

The Musée de Picardie is the main museum of Amiens and Picardy, at 48, rue de la République. Its collections stretch from prehistory to the 19th century and form one of the largest regional museums in France....

. The last painting by Larivière to enter a French public collection was Le Tasse convalescent au couvent de Saint-Onufre, acquired in 2001 by the Museum of Grenoble

Museum of Grenoble

The Museum of Grenoble is a city museum of Fine Arts and antiques in the city of Grenoble in France.Located on the left bank of the Isère, place Lavalette, it is known both for its collections of ancient art for its collections of modern and contemporary art..-History:The Museum of Grenoble was...

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Family

Charles-Philippe Larivière was the grandson of the painter Charles Lepeintre

Charles Lepeintre

Charles Lepeintre was a French painter. His grandson was the painter Charles-Philippe Larivière.-External links:*http://www.artnet.com/artist/671648/charles-lepeintre.html...

 and uncle by marriage to the painter Albert Maignan

Albert Maignan

Albert Pierre René Maignan was a French painter and historical illustrator. Most of his work was devoted to historical subjects, but he also painted portraits....

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His brother Louis-Eugène Larivière (c1801-1823) was also a painter. Albert Maignan left the Louvre

Louvre

The Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...

a portrait by Louis-Eugene of Eugénie-Paméla Larivière (c 1804-1824), sister to Charles-Philippe and Louis-Eugène.