Jules-Alexandre Duval Le Camus (5 August 1814, Paris - 23 June 1878, Saint-Cloud) was a French painter who specialized in portraits and genre scenes.Notice de personne Duval Le Camus, Jules-Alexandre (1814-1878) Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Biography He was the only son of the painter Pierre Duval Le Camus.Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains : contenant toutes les personnes notables de la France et des pays étrangers…, 3rd edition, (1819-1906), Paris, L. Hachette, 1865, p.597. After receiving his initial lessons from his father, he was admitted to the studios of Paul Delaroche and Martin Drolling at the École des beaux-arts de Paris. He was awarded second place at the Prix de Rome of 1838.
Although his style is almost indistinguishable from his father's, he preferred to paint on smaller canvases. In addition to his best-known scenes from daily life, he did some occasional depictions of Biblical and mythological subjects.Jules Trousset, Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique universel illustré : répertoire des connaissances humaines, Vol. 6, suppl., Paris, Librairie illustrée, 1885-1891. p.155. A notable example of this may be seen at the choir of the (1868-1876), which was a commission from the French government.
References
Further reading Les Duval Le Camus, peintres de père en fils, (exhibition catalog), Saint-Cloud, , 2010.
External links
Présentation de l'exposition "Les Duval Le Camus, peintres de père en fils", 2010, Musée des Avelines.