Bibliotheque de Subiaco. - Library in Subiaco Abbey - Leon Gaucherel - Paris 1880

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Library in Subiaco Abbey; Subiaco Library. Two monks around a table full of books in the Subiaco library. One of them is in a chair reading, the other is watching a folant. There are books and documents on the floor. Against the wall is a bookcase with two busts on top.

Leon Gaucherel - individual; printmaker; painter/draughtsman; French; Male. 1816-1886 - Biography

Painter and etcher, born at Paris, pupil of Viollet-le-Duc; first engraved for several archeological publications, but turned to etching reproductions of old master and contemporary paintings (some works declared to the PSA). The painter and etcher Léon Gaucherel was born in Paris. He exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1847-1879, winning medals on numerous occasions, and being decorated with the Légion d'honneur in 1864. Gaucherel's etching are in many museum collections, including those of Saintes, Semur, and Nice, as well as the V&A in London. Besides original work, Léon Gaucherel made interpretative etchings after other artists, notably Richard Parkes Bonington and Charlotte de Rothschild.

Bibliography

R K Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Prints Publishers and Their Works', 1979

Library in Subiaco Abbey; Subiaco Library. Two monks around a table full of books in the Subiaco library. One of them is in a chair reading, the other is watching a folant. There are books and documents on the floor. Against the wall is a bookcase with two busts on top.

Leon Gaucherel - individual; printmaker; painter/draughtsman; French; Male. 1816-1886 - Biography

Painter and etcher, born at Paris, pupil of Viollet-le-Duc; first engraved for several archeological publications, but turned to etching reproductions of old master and contemporary paintings (some works declared to the PSA). The painter and etcher Léon Gaucherel was born in Paris. He exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1847-1879, winning medals on numerous occasions, and being decorated with the Légion d'honneur in 1864. Gaucherel's etching are in many museum collections, including those of Saintes, Semur, and Nice, as well as the V&A in London. Besides original work, Léon Gaucherel made interpretative etchings after other artists, notably Richard Parkes Bonington and Charlotte de Rothschild.

Bibliography

R K Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Prints Publishers and Their Works', 1979

Code : A28

Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher:Eisenbahn Forney, Matthias N

Date : Publication Place / Date - Paris 1880

Size : Sheet size: Image Size:  Etching, Japanese paper, 33,6 x 24 cm

Availability : Available

Type - Genuine Antique

Grading - A

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