Today marks the anniversary of the last of Henry Lerolle , a French cougar , artistic production collector , and frequenter . Though Lerolle is not as well known as some of his contemporaries , he has recently lead off to receive more attention , especially for his large 1888 house painting , " The Organ Rehearsal . "
1.At the age of 17 , Henry Lerolle was a schoolchild of Louis Lamothe , who also instructed Edgar Degas . Lerolle also studied at Acadà © mie Suisse , but never assist the Ecole des Beaux - Arts . By age 20 , though , he was exhibiting at the Paris Salon .
2.In gain to painting , collecting , and patronizing , Lerolle also worked for a time at the Louvre , where he met other artists , including Albert Besnard and Jean - Louis Forain , and spent time canvas and copying the works of Nicolas Poussin ( classical Gallic painter ) , Peter Paul Rubens ( Flemish Baroque painter ) , and Paolo Veronese ( Italian Renaissance cougar ) .
3.20 avenue Duquesne , Lerolle ’s place , was a confluence shoes for the artistic residential area of the day . Both Edgar Degas and Pierre - Auguste Renoir were friends with Lerolle , who was also a patron of them . Renoir painted several portraiture of Lerolle ’s girl and Lerolle himself . The composer Claude Debussy consecrate several pianoforte works to Lerolle ’s girl Yvonne , and was often at the rest home , along with fellow composer Vincent d’Indy , Paul Dukas , and Ernest Chausson ( who was married to Lerolle ’s sister - in - law ) .
4.At 88.75 in high and 143 column inch wide of the mark , " The Organ Rehearsal " is an super big canvas , in which all the figure are sprightliness - size and full - distance . The form admit Henry Lerolle himself ( the bearded man gaze out of the sail ) , his wife ( seated , with music on her lap ) , his married woman ’s sis ( seated and leaning on her sis ’s chair ) , and his married woman ’s other babe ( the singer ) . It is also possible , though not proven , that Claude Debussy is also depict .
5.Within eleven years from its creation , " The Organ Rehearsal " had become a " favorite picture " at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York , attracting tending for its realism . Yet by 1928 , the picture had been bump to the bowels of the museum . Only this past February was " The Organ Rehearsal " re - discovered , cleaned , and brought out of storage to be displayed in the refurbished European picture gallery .
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