Levivi

ules Benoit-Lvy is the son of Baruch Benoit-Lvy (1821-1884) and Julie Strasburger
(1826-1901). At the Paris School of Decorative Arts, he studied under Gustave Bo

ulanger and Henri Lucien Doucet, then entered the Jules Joseph Lefebvre workshop
at the School of Fine Arts in Paris.[3]
History and sea painter, he also worked on paintings featuring cardinals in anec
dotal everyday situations theme in vogue at the time.
Benoit-Lvy exhibited his paintings at the Petite Gelerie Drouot, 23 rue Drouot in
Paris.[4]
After trying himself in various genres, Jules Benoit-Levy went to the Netherland
s, and stayed at the island of Marken. He created fifty paintings that show sens
itive and specific nature of these places.
More than his finished paintings, where result sometimes betrayed the effort, hi
s precise observations are very interesting: sometimes clear, beautiful brighten
ed colours, green or orange, sometimes grey and veiled in mist; unlike, the atmo
sphere is exactly stated and we will taste the free expansion of talent in all t
he freshness of his sincerity. In 1902 he exhibited in Paris fifty paintings he
made during a stay in the Netherlands, on the theme of everyday life and typical
interiors.[5]
Benoit-Lvy exhibited his paintings at the Salon des Artistes Franais in Paris and
received a third medal in 1895, honorable mention in 1901, and a third class med
al in 1911.
In 1911 and 1912, Jules Benoit-Lvy exhibited in Monte-Carlo in Palais des Beaux-A
rts at the Exposition Internationale.[6][7]
In 1911[8] to 1930, he exhibited at the Salon D'Hiver in Grand Palais.[9]
He was awarded the Golden Ordre des Palmes Acadmiques (Officier de l'Instruction
Publique)[10]
Works
The soup of the squad; at the manceuvers[11]
Combat a Tintniac, prs Rennes, 1793[12]
Examination of the Prince of T.[13]
La Dfense de Rambervillers (Vosges) en 1870[14]
Sentry reposing, 1793[15]
La Bretagne[16]
The arrest of Condorcet[17][18]
14 th July 1789. En route to take the Bastille[19]
Death of General Moulin; Cholet, 1794[20]
Dutch Home[21]
Het Breistertje[22]
Dutch Home[23]
Evening; - near Amsterdam[24]
Good Hope Inn (Holland)[25]
Evening chat. (Holland)[26]
Intrieur[27]
Causerie du soir[28]
Paneakes at Pont-Croix[29]
The old chaps (Holland)[30]
On the dyke (Holland)[31]
References
Mairie de Paris, Naissances, 3e arr, V4E 266, p.13, ? 398, Benoit-Levy
Pierre Nora -Rethinking France: Les Lieux de Mmoire, Volume 2: Space -2006 - Page
446 "Figure 6.13 Jules Benot-Lvy, La Bretagne, Salon of 1911"
Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2006, site Oxford Index (subscription or library
membership required)
La Chronique des arts et de la curiosit : supplment la Gazette des beaux-arts; 190
1/12/28 (N41), p.336,Art et dcoration (Paris), 1903/01 (T13)-1903/06, p.4 Gallica
BnF
La Chronique des arts et de la curiosit : supplment la Gazette des beaux-arts; 190
2/12/20 (N40), p.319, EXPOSITION JULES BENOIT-LVY; Gallica BnF
Le Figaro, 1911/03/07 (Numro 66), p.4; Monte-Carlo, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposi
tion Internationale des Beaux-Arts; Gallica BNF
Le Figaro, 1912/02/03 (Numro 34), p.5; Monte-Carlo, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposi
tion Internationale des Beaux-Arts; Gallica BNF
Le Magasin pittoresque / publi.., 1911 (A79,SER3,T12), p.11; Gallica BnF
Salon d'hiver (Paris), 1930 (25), p.10; Gallica BnF
Le Figaro, 1906/12/20 (Numro 354), p.3; Gallica BNF
Salon 1893; Socit des Artistes Franais; archive.org
Salon 1894; Socit des Artistes Franais, archive.org; Le Monde illustr, 1894/05/05 (A
38,T74,N1936), p.296, Gallica BnF
Salon 1896; Socit des Artistes Franais, archive.org; Lgion d'honneur. 1802-1900, p.2
11 Gallica BnF
La Bretagne, 221 x 150.7 cm.; Muse des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
Journal du dimanche, 1898/05/22 (A43,N2974), p. 451; Gallica BnF
Salon 1899; Socit des Artistes Franais; Gallica BnF
Salon 1900; Socit des Artistes Franais; archive.org; Muse d'Art et d'Histoire de Cho
let
Salon 1901; Socit des Artistes Franais, archive.org; Le Magasin pittoresque / publi.
.. 1901 (A69,SER3,T2), p. 753, Gallica BnF
1901; Zuiderzeemuseum
Salon 1903; Socit des Artistes Franais; Gallica BnF
Salon 1905; Socit des Artistes Franais; archive.org; Duran-Subastas, N 495 march 201
3
Les Parisiens de Paris, 1905, p.127; Gallica BnF
Les Parisiens de Paris, 1905, p.126; Gallica BnF

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ules Benoit-Lvy is the son of Baruch Benoit-Lvy (1821-1884) and Julie Strasburger

(1826-1901). At the Paris School of Decorative Arts, he studied under Gustave Bo

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