Jules Benoit-Lévy (27 February 1866 – 14 March 1952) was a French painter and printmaker.Pierre Nora -Rethinking France: Les Lieux de Mémoire, Volume 2: Space -2006 - Page 446 "Figure 6.13 Jules Benoît-Lévy, La Bretagne, Salon of 1911"
Biography Benoit-Lévy was born in Paris. He was the son of Baruch Benoit-Lévy (1821–1884) and Julie Strasburger (1826–1901). At the Paris School of Decorative Arts, he studied under Gustave Boulanger and Henri Lucien Doucet, then entered the Jules Joseph Lefebvre workshop at the School of Fine Arts in Paris.Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2006, site Oxford Index (subscription or library membership required)
A history and sea painter, he also worked on genre paintings featuring cardinals in anecdotal everyday situations, a theme in vogue at the time.
Benoit-Lévy exhibited his paintings at the Petite Gelerie Drouot, 23 rue Drouot in Paris.La Chronique des arts et de la curiosité : supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts; 1901/12/28 (N41), p.336,Art et décoration (Paris), 1903/01 (T13)-1903/06, p.4 Gallica BnF
After trying himself in various genres, Jules Benoit-Levy went to the Netherlands, and stayed at the island of Marken. He created fifty paintings that show sensitive and specific nature of these places.
More than his finished paintings, which resulted from great effort, his sketches show precise observation of atmosphere—sometimes characterized by clear, brightened colours, green or orange; sometimes grey and veiled in mist. In 1902 he exhibited in Paris fifty paintings he made during a stay in the Netherlands, on the theme of everyday life and typical interiors.La Chronique des arts et de la curiosité : supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts; 1902/12/20 (N40), p.319, EXPOSITION JULES BENOIT-LÉVY; Gallica BnF
Benoit-Lévy exhibited his paintings at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris and received a third medal in 1895, honorable mention in 1901, and a third class medal in 1911.
In 1911 and 1912, Benoit-Lévy exhibited in Monte-Carlo in Palais des Beaux-Arts at the Exposition Internationale.Le Figaro, 1911/03/07 (Numéro 66), p.4; Monte-Carlo, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Internationale des Beaux-Arts; Gallica BNFLe Figaro, 1912/02/03 (Numéro 34), p.5; Monte-Carlo, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Internationale des Beaux-Arts; Gallica BNF
From 1911Le Magasin pittoresque / publié.., 1911 (A79,SER3,T12), p.11; Gallica BnF to 1930, he exhibited at the Salon D'Hiver in Grand Palais.Salon d'hiver (Paris), 1930 (25), p.10; Gallica BnF
He was awarded the Golden Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Officier de l'Instruction Publique).Le Figaro, 1906/12/20 (Numéro 354), p.3; Gallica BNF
Benoit-Lévy died in Nogent-sur-Marne on 14 March 1952.
Works
The soup of the squad; at the manceuversSalon 1893; Société des Artistes Français; archive.org Combat a Tinténiac, près Rennes, 1793Salon 1894; Société des Artistes Français, archive.org; Le Monde illustré, 1894/05/05 (A38,T74,N1936), p.296, Gallica BnF Examination of the Prince of T.Salon 1895; Société des Artistes Français; archive.org La Défense de Rambervillers (Vosges) en 1870Salon 1896; Société des Artistes Français, archive.org; Légion d'honneur. 1802-1900, p.211 Gallica BnF Sentry reposing, 1793Salon 1897; Société des Artistes Français; archive.org La BretagneLa Bretagne, 221 x 150.7 cm.; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes The arrest of CondorcetSalon 1898; Société des Artistes Français; archive.orgJournal du dimanche, 1898/05/22 (A43,N2974), p. 451; Gallica BnF 14 th July 1789. En route to take the BastilleSalon 1899; Société des Artistes Français; Gallica BnF Death of General Moulin; Cholet, 1794Salon 1900; Société des Artistes Français; archive.org; Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Cholet Dutch HomeSalon 1901; Société des Artistes Français, archive.org; Le Magasin pittoresque / publié... 1901 (A69,SER3,T2), p. 753, Gallica BnF Het Breistertje1901; Zuiderzeemuseum Dutch HomeSalon 1902; Société des Artistes Français; archive.org Evening; - near AmsterdamSalon 1903; Société des Artistes Français; Gallica BnF Good Hope Inn (Holland)Salon 1904; Société des Artistes Français; archive.org Evening chat. (Holland)Salon 1905; Société des Artistes Français; archive.org; Duran-Subastas, Nº 495 march 2013 IntérieurLes Parisiens de Paris, 1905, p.127; Gallica BnF Causerie du soirLes Parisiens de Paris, 1905, p.126; Gallica BnF Paneakes at Pont-CroixSalon 1906; Société des Artistes Français; archive.org The old chaps (Holland)Salon 1907; Société des Artistes Français; archive.org On the dyke (Holland)Salon 1908; Société des Artistes Français; archive.org
References
Notes Bénézit, p. 631.
External links
Jules Martin, Nos peintres et sculpteurs, Paris, Flammarion, 1898, volume 2, p. 25. (archive.org) Les Parisiens de Paris, 1901, p. 275 (BNF) Album "Jules BENOIT-LÉVY (1866-1952)", Pictify Famille Benoit-Lévy (généalogie), par Muriel Lévy Le Figaro, 1904/08/12 (Numéro 225) Le Figaro, 1914/06/17 (Numéro 168), p.5 Jules BENOIT-LÉVY president des Amis de Paris. Les Amis de Paris: revue mensuelle illustrée, 1914/01 (A4,N27)-1923/06 (A13,N30), p. 374; Gallica BnF