Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel

{{Short description|French painter (1839–1929)}}

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Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel (19 May 1839 – 25 February 1929) was a French painter.{{cite book|title=A Guide to Archival Sources for French-American Art History in the Archives of American Art|date=1992|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|location=Washington, D.C.|isbn=978-1-880193-02-0|oclc=466612701|page=30}} He was born in Genêts and had his artistic training under Jean-Léon Gérôme, whose style he followed.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. His paintings are in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen.{{cite web|title=LESREL Adolphe|url=https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/advanced-search/list/joconde?qb=%5B%7B%22field%22%3A%5B%22AUTR.keyword%22%5D%2C%22operator%22%3A%22%2A%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22LESREL%22%2C%22combinator%22%3A%22AND%22%2C%22index%22%3A0%7D%5D|website=French Ministry of Culture|accessdate=6 January 2021}} He specialized in historical genre paintings.{{cite web|title=THE PRACTICE RECITAL|url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/19th-century-paintings-n08847/lot.60.html|website=Sotheby's|accessdate=1 March 2017}} At a 2012 Sotheby's auction, one of his paintings, The Practice Recital, was sold for US$86,500.