Constant Troyon
(1810–1865) fransk målare
Constant Troyon (France, 1810–1865) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Constant Troyon belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Constant Troyon was born in Sèvres and died in 9th arrondissement of Paris. The teachers included Denis Désiré Riocreux and Camille Roqueplan. Constant Troyon worked in Paris and Sèvres. Wikidata associates Constant Troyon with Barbizon school. The awards include Knight of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Order of Leopold. The students included Emile van Marcke, Léon Belly, Martin Léonce Chabry, and Gabriel Gervais Chardin.
The best-known works include ‘Homme avec un attelage de bœufs’, ‘Sheep in a forest’, and ‘Oxes watching to tillage, morning sky’. The catalogue has 100 works by Constant Troyon with free images. The dated works span the years 1835–1865. Works by Constant Troyon are held by several collections, among them Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Art Institute of Chicago, Clark Art Institute, and drawings in the National Gallery of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alfred Dedreux, Alfred Jacob Miller, Adolphe-Félix Cals, Jules Noël, and Marie-Élisabeth Cavé.