Fêtes incroyables et merveilleuses - Prudent Louis LERAY (1820-1879)

LERAY Prudent Louis

Born August 29, 1820 in Couëron (Loire-Atlantique).

XIXth century. French.

Painter of history, religious compositions, genre scenes, portraits, still lifes.

Student of P. Delaroche. He began at the Salon in 1844. One quotes from him: Jesus healing the sick, for the Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre church in Paris.

MUSEUMS: BEZIERS: Meat and vegetables - Feast of the village - NANTES: Charles IX and his court visiting the gibbets of Montfaucon - Scene at the Champs-Elysées under the Directory - LA ROCHELLE: Lebatelet - ROUEN: Mrs. Belmont - SAINT-ETIENNE: The maggot find.