Léopold Robert
(1794–1835) Swiss painter (1794-1835)
Léopold Robert (Switzerland, 1794–1835) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Léopold Robert belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Léopold Robert was born in Les Éplatures and died in Venice. The teachers included Charles Samuel Girardet, Jacques-Louis David, and Antoine-Jean Gros. Léopold Robert worked in Rome. Wikidata associates Léopold Robert with Romanticism. Léopold Robert became a member of Academy of Arts, Berlin.
One of the best-known works is ‘The arrival of the reapers in the Pontine marshes’. The catalogue has 22 works by Léopold Robert with free images. The dated works span the years 1812–1900. Works by Léopold Robert are held by several collections, among them Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Wallace Collection, Condé Museum, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links 7 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Franz Niklaus König, Barbara Bansi, Alfred Edward Chalon, Jean-Victor Schnetz, and Ludwig Vogel.