Léonard Defrance
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Léonard Defrance (French pronunciation: [leɔnaʁ dəfʁɑ̃s]), born at Liège in 1735, was a scholar of J. B. Coclers. He painted historical pieces of large and small dimensions, also landscapes, game, fruit, flowers, and architecture. He was the first professor of design at the Academy of Liège, established by the Prince Velbruck, and afterwards filled the same post in the École Centrale of the department of Ourthe. He died at Liège in 1805.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Defrance, Léonard". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
Further reading
- Liedtke, Walter A. (1984). Flemish paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 0870993569. (see index).
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Media related to Léonard Defrance at Wikimedia Commons
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