Isidore Pils
(1815–1875) fransk målare
Isidore Pils (France, 1815–1875) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Isidore Pils belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
Isidore Pils was born in former 10th arrondissement of Paris and died in Douarnenez. Isidore Pils trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The teachers included Guillaume Guillon-Lethière and François-Édouard Picot. Wikidata associates Isidore Pils with Orientalism. Isidore Pils became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Officer of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome for painting. The students included Ulysse Butin, Gustave Maincent, Franc-Lamy, and François Brillaud.
One of the best-known works is ‘La Mort d'une sœur de charité’. The works belong mainly to the genre history painting. The catalogue has 11 works by Isidore Pils with free images. The dated works span the years 1841–1864. Works by Isidore Pils are held by several collections, among them Bowes Museum, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Narbonne, Musée historique de la ville de Strasbourg, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Domenico Induno, Thomas Couture, Alfred Elmore, Hans Jørgen Hammer, and Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux.