Alexandre-Louis Leloir

File:Alexandre-Louis Leloir as a baby, 1843, watercolor by Laure Colin-Noël.jpg

Alexandre-Louis Leloir was born in Paris, France. He was born into a family with a rich artistic heritage, the son of the painter {{III|Auguste Leloir|lt=|fr||WD=}} and fashion illustrator Héloïse Colin and the grandson of the painter Alexandre-Marie Colin.{{Cite book|last=Steele|first=Valerie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IsnMDgAAQBAJ|title=Paris Fashion: A Cultural History|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2017|isbn=978-1-4742-6970-4|location=United Kingdom|pages=96|language=en}} His younger brother was the painter and illustrator Maurice Leloir.

Leloir received his early art education from his parents and his maternal grandfather, Alexandre Colin, who had been a pupil of Girodet. In 1860, Leloir entered the École des Beaux-Arts and made several attempts to win the prestigious Prix de Rome. In 1861, he won a Second Grand Prix with The Death of Priam (Museum of Art and Archeology, Guéret), then again in 1862, 1863, and again won a Second Grand Prize in 1864 with Homer on the island of Scyros (Unterlinden Museum, Colmar). He received a medal at the Paris Exposition in 1878.{{Cite book|last=George A. Leavitt & Co|url=http://archive.org/details/b1494157|title=Catalogue of Mr. H.L. Dousman's gallery of valuable paintings|publisher=H.L. Dousman|year=1884|location=New York}} He also distinguished himself in the competition for the painted half-figure (la demi-figure peinte) in 1864.

Specializing in historical subject matter and genre scenes, he participated in the Salon as early as 1863, with a scene of the Massacre of Innocents (Musée Bernard-d'Agesci, Niort). His work The Fight of Jacob with the Angel (Roger Quilliot Art Museum in Clermont-Ferrand) presented at the Salon of 1865 is an example of his virtuosity. From 1868, he directed his painting towards genre scenes, drawing inspiration from medieval everyday life, from the interiors of the Grand Siècle, in the Dutch manner, and in Orientalist scenes. He illustrated some editions published by Damase Jouaust, and also illustrated books by Molière and other notable authors. He participated in the foundation of the Society of French Watercolourists in 1879.{{Cite book|last=Société d 'aquarellistes français, Paris|url=http://archive.org/details/expositioncatal01frangoog|title=Exposition: Catalogue|publisher=Musée de l'Unioncentrale des artsdécoratifs, au Pavillonde Marsan|year=1879|pages=55|language=fr|via=Archive.org}} He was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1876.{{Cite web|title=Alexandre-Louis Leloir (1843-1884)|url=https://data.bnf.fr/en/14963317/alexandre-louis_leloir/|website=data.bnf.fr|access-date=2020-05-03}}

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• La Mort de Priam, (Priam's Death) 1861, Guéret, Musée d'art et d'archéologie
• Véturie aux Pieds de Coriolan, (Coriolan's Journey on Foot), 1862, Location unknown
• Joseph Reconnu par ses Frères, (Joseph Recognised by his Brothers) 1863, Private Collection
• Le Massacre des Innocents, (The Massacre of the Innocents), 1863, Niort, Musée Bernard d'Agesci
• Demi Figure Peinte, (Half-figure Painted), 1864, Paris, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
• Homère dans l'île de Scyros, (Homer on the Island of Scyros), 1864, Colmar, Musée d'Unterlinden
• Daniel dans la Fosse aux Lions, (Daniel in the Lion's Den), 1864, Location unknown, formerly in Douai, Musée de la Chartreuse
• Lutte de Jacob et l'Ange, (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel), 1865, Clermont-Ferrand, Musée d'Art Roger-Quilliot
• Baptême des Sauvages aux îles Canaries, (Baptism of Natives in the Canary Islands), 1868, Angers, musée des Beaux-Arts
• Le Guet-apens, (The Ambush), 1869, Paris, musée du Petit-Palais
• Tentation, (Temptation), 1869, Private Collection
• Le Choix du Dîner, (Choosing the Dinner), 1872, New-York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Interlude Musical, (Musical Interlude), Location unknown, 1874
• A Chariot of Swallow, Date unknown

File:In His Cups MET DP214680.jpg|In His Cups, 1872

File:Wandering Minstrel; Old Nuremberg MET 87.15.88.jpg|Wandering Minstrel; Old Nuremberg date unknown

File:Leloir, Mort de Priam, 1861.jpg|Priam's Death, 1861

File:Musée Bernard d'Agesci alexandre louis leloir le massacre des innocents 1863.jpg|The Massacre of the Innocents, 1863

File:Leloir - Jacob Wrestling with the Angel.jpg|Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, 1865

File:Choosing the Dinner MET ep87.15.90.bw.R.jpg|Choosing the Dinner, 1872

File:2-18-La-chatte-metamorphosee Louis LELOIR 1873.jpg|La chatte metamorphosee, (The Cat's Metamorphosis), Illustration, 1873

File:Alexandre-Louis Leloir (1843-1884), Moroccan Girl, Playing a Stringed Instrument, 1875..jpg|Moroccan Girl, Playing a Stringed Instrument, 1875

File:Wood engraving after painting by Delacroix of Hamlet and Horatio MET DP852286.jpg|Wood engraving, Illustration after a painting by Delacroix of Hamlet and Horatio

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• [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=Alexandre-Louis%20Leloir Works by Leloir] at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search?p=1&ps=12&involvedMaker=Louis+Leloir&st=Objects Works by Leloir] at the Rijksmuseum

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