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sculptor, etcher, lithographer, painter, draftsperson, art teacher, watercolorist, pastelist
appointed to the court of King Louis Philippe as tutor to the princes and princesses, in particular to Princess Marie of Orleans
Nationality/school
Dutch, French
his father was German
Born
Dordrecht (city) 1795-02-10
according to Van Eynden/Van der Willigen 1816-1840 born in Rotterdam
Deceased
Argenteuil 1858-06-15
Family relationships
this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).
son of Johan Bernard Scheffer and Cornelia Scheffer-Lamme, brother of Henry Scheffer, nephew of Arnoldus Lamme and Ary Johannes Lamme
See also
In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).
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Biographical information
Period of activity
1810 - 1858
ca. 1810-1858
Education
École des Beaux-Arts (Parijs)
inscribed in the Paris Academy on 16 August 1811, student of M. Guérin, Réau 1928, p. 291; Registers École des Beaux-arts, Paris, Archives nationales Paris, inv. no. AJ-52-234
Active in
  • Dordrecht (stad) 1811 - 1811-05
    until 1811
  • Parijs 1811-05 - 1811
    Starts working under the guidance of Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, on 16 August 1811 he starts his education in the studio of Pierre Guérin; Ewals 1995, p. 77; signaled rue du Colombier 21, Paris, registers Écoles des Beaux-arts, Archives nationales Paris, inv. no. AJ-52-234
  • Parijs 1811 - 1813
    Rue de l'Arcade 36, ; A.M. De Brem, L'Atelier d'Ary Scheffer (exh. cat. Musée de la Vie Romantique Paris), Paris 1991, p. 16; cat Paris Salon 1812
  • Parijs 1814
    Rue Batave 8 (historic address, nowadays Rue de Rivoli); A.M. De Brem, L'Atelier d'Ary Scheffer (exh. cat. Musée de la Vie Romantique Paris), Paris 1991, p. 16; cat Paris Salon 1814
  • Parijs 1817
    Signaled Rue Contrescarpe, 25 (historical address, nowadays Rue Mouffetard); cat Paris Salon 1817
  • Parijs 1819 - 1822
    Rue du Regard 1; A.M. De Brem, L'Atelier d'Ary Scheffer (exh. cat. Musée de la Vie Romantique Paris), Paris 1991, p. 16; cat. Paris Salon 1819
  • Parijs 1822 - 1830-07
    Rue de la Ville-l'Evêque 42; A.M. De Brem, L'Atelier d'Ary Scheffer (exh. cat. Musée de la Vie Romantique Paris), Paris 1991, pp. 18-19; cat Paris Salon 1824-1827, cat Paris Salon Douai 1825
  • Parijs 1831
    signaled rue de la Rochefoucauld 5 bis, cat. Paris Salon 1831
  • Parijs 1830-07 - 1858
    Rue Chaptal 7 (since 1848, after a renumbering, Rue Chaptal 16); L. Ewals, Ary Scheffer 1795-1858 Gevierd Romanticus, Zwolle 1995, p. 77;
  • Amsterdam (stad) 1854
    reis
  • Groot-Brittannië 1857 - 1858
  • Nederland
    at a later age he visited the Netherlands several times (scheen 1981)
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Subjects
This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.
genre, landscape (genre), portrait, animal painting (genre), marine (genre), history (genre), literature (genre), Christian religious scene, allegory
was inspired by the literary works of Goethe, Schiller, Byron and Scott (Verhoogt 2007)
Creation date: 1992-01-25; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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