Henri Michel-Lévy: Difference between revisions

'''Henri Michel-Lévy''' (July 11, 1844 in [[16th arrondissement of Paris|Passy, France]] - September 17, 1914 in Paris<ref name=geneanet />), was a French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] [[painter]].<ref>"Benezit Dictionary of Artists" Oxford University Press (Pub.), Oxford (2006) {{ISBN|978-0-19-977378-7}}, e-{{ISBN|9780199899913}}</ref>

Lévy was the third of the four sons of Michel Lévy and Thérèse Emerique, a Jewish couple originally from the [[Lorraine]] province in the north-east of France.<ref> {{cite journal |last1= Nord |first1= Philip |title= Intellectuals and the Dreyfus Affair |url= |journal= Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques|volume= |issue= Spring 1998|pages= 123|access-date= |jstor = 41299109}}</ref><ref name=geneanet>{{cite web| url = https://gw.geneanet.org/muriellise?lang=en&n=levy&oc=4013&p=michelhenri| title = MichelHenri Levy | website = geneanet.org| access-date = November 5, 2024}}</ref> Michel Lévy became a wealthy publisher in Paris.<ref>{{cite web | author = Linda Nochlin | title = Degas and the Dreyfus Affair: A portrait of the artist as an anti-Semite| url = https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/degas-and-the-dreyfus-affair | website = www.tabletmag.com | date = January 4, 2019}}</ref>

Henri Lévy took the name Henri Michel-Lévy, adding his father's first name to his surname, perhaps to avoid confusion with his contemporary, the painter [[Henri-Léopold Lévy]].<ref>(fr)[http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb10031928w Catalogue Bnf]</ref> He was a pupil of the painters [[Félix-Joseph Barrias|Félix Barrias]] (1822-1907) and of [[Antoine Vollon]] (1833-1900).<ref name="MET2000"/>