Pierre édouard Frère (1819 – 1886) "interior Of The Church"

Pierre Édouard Frère (1819 Paris - 1886 Écouen)
"Church interior"

Material: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 43.5 x 31 cm
Frame: Yes

About the artist:
Pierre-Édouard Frère (born January 10, 1819 in Paris and died May 23, 1886 in Écouen) is a French painter, engraver and lithographer.
He specializes in genre scenes of everyday life depicting children from rural areas, which were very popular especially in Anglo-Saxon countries. The foundation of the colony of painters of Écouen is attributed to him. He is the younger brother of the orientalist painter Charles-Théodore Frère (1814-1888). Son of a music publisher, Pierre-Édouard Frère entered Paul Delaroche's studio in 1836 at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he won numerous distinctions.
He made his debut at the Salon of 1843, and soon made a great reputation for himself in genre painting. A prolific artist, most of his compositions were popularized by lithography and wood engraving, which he practiced himself. He will become known to the general public through his engravings, of children and the interiors of modest people, with a form of sincerity, since he is one of the first of his century to explore this theme, far from Paris. In 1847, he moved to Écouen. He had Villa Gabrielle built on a wooded plot of more than one hectare. Today, this residence has become the Sainte-Thérèse college. Pierre-Édouard Frère was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1855. In the 1850s and 1860s, he made frequent visits to London, where his art was recognized. He brought back many drawings which he transposed into lithographs, sometimes published in L'Artiste. He also tried his hand at etching, for the Société des aquafortistes, among others.