Jules Lefebvre

Lefebvre was born in Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, on 14 March 1834.He entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1852 and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet. He won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1861. Between 1855 and 1898, he exhibited 72 portraits in the Paris Salon. In 1891, he became a member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts.He was professor at the Ac...