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Alphonse Leroy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lille 1829 \u2013 1902<\/p>\n

Four Studies of Men, Laughing or Making Faces<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Charcoal and white chalk on blue paper. A label numbered 65<\/em> upper right.<\/p>\n

540 x 430 mm – 21 1\/4 x 16 15\/16 in.<\/p>\n

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Born in Lille and trained in Brussels, Leroy settled in Paris in 1843 to complete his studies with the painter and engraver Charles Cousin whose atelier was situated in the Louvre. Leroy first specialized in reproductive engraving, a field in which he received numerous official commissions such as the facsimile of Corregio\u2019s Madonna and Child, ordered by Napoleon III or, in collaboration with Wacquez, the reproduction of drawings from the Wicar collection commissioned by the duc de Luynes. In 1859, he exhibited at the Salon an album of 39 reproductions of drawings commissioned by Count Emilien de Nieuwerkerke, surintendant des Beaux-arts, who had the Chalcographie department in the Louvre buy many of them. Leroy was also very interested in photography, and executed several portraits.<\/p>\n

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Back in his native Lille, he founded a school of print in 1887 and taught printing in the Brussels Fine art school. \u00a0He trained many pupils and, at his death, left an important group of drawings, prints, paintings and photographs which were given by his widow to the Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-arts in Lille.<\/p>\n

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A cheerful and outgoing artist, Leroy belonged to different rings of friends; during the time of his Parisian youth, he organized \u2018Friday diners\u2019 gathering his many friends, the painters Carolus-Duran, Alexandre Cabanel, Hector Hanoteau, Gustave Courvet, Paul Chenavard, Constant Troyon, Fran\u00e7ois-Louis Fran\u00e7ais and Camille Corot, the writers the Goncourt brothers, Paul de Musset, Henri Dumesnil and Paul Gachet and also the sculptor Aim\u00e9 Millet. With Paul Gachet, Leroy joined the soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des \u00e9clectiques<\/em> (society of the eclectics) created by Agla\u00fcs Bouvenne in order to help artists in need.<\/p>\n

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These animated portraits, full of life and humor, may have been executed during one of these friendly gatherings. The man seen in profile lower left seems to be the same as the one who is laughing and frowning on the upper part. His hairstyle, going bald on the forehead and with a little tuft, his mustachio, and the small beard are very similar on the three studies. Between portraits and t\u00eates d\u2019expression<\/em> (expressive heads), these four studies are elegantly positioned on the colored paper, traditionally used by the artist. Leroy\u2019s attempt to capture lively and realistic expressions on the spot competes with the potentialities of photography, another of the artist\u2019s area of interest, especially with the progressive reduction of the exposure time throughout 19th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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