Ary Scheffer
(1795–1858) holländsk-fransk målare
Ary Scheffer (France, 1795–1858) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Ary Scheffer belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Ary Scheffer was born in Dordrecht and died in Argenteuil. Ary Scheffer studied under Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. Ary Scheffer worked in Dordrecht, Paris, Paris, and Paris. Wikidata associates Ary Scheffer with Romanticism. Ary Scheffer became a member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ary Scheffer was awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour. The students included Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Charles Landelle, Thomas de Barbarin, and Claudius Popelin.
The best-known works include ‘Battle of Tolbiac’, ‘Charlemagne at Paderborn’, and ‘Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta appraised by Dante and Virgil’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting and portrait. The catalogue has 136 works by Ary Scheffer with free images. The dated works span the years 1801–1900. Works by Ary Scheffer are held by several collections, among them Dordrechts Museum, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Musée de la Vie romantique, and Wallace Collection.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin, Karl Krazeisen, August Matthias Hagen, and Léon Cogniet.