Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel

Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel (19 May 1839 – 25 February 1929) was a French painter.[1] He was born in Genêts, France, and had his artistic training under Jean-Léon Gérôme, whose style he followed.[2] His paintings are in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen.[3] He specialized in historical genre paintings.[4] At a 2012 Sotheby's auction, one of his paintings, The Practice Recital, was sold for US$86,500.[4]

References
  1. A Guide to Archival Sources for French-American Art History in the Archives of American Art. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. 1992. p. 30. ISBN 9781880193020. OCLC 466612701.
  2. Reed, J. E. (1885) The Gallery of Contemporary Art: An Illustrated Review of the Recent Art Productions of All Nations, Volume 2. Gebbie & Company. p. 217.
  3. "LESREL Adolphe". French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  4. "THE PRACTICE RECITAL". Sotheby's. Retrieved March 1, 2017.


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