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'''(André Jacques) Victor Orsel''' (25 May 1795, [[Oullins]] - [[30 November]] [[1850]], Paris) was a French painter. A student of [[Pierre Révoil]] in Lyon then of [[Pierre-Narcisse Guérin]] in Paris, he then spent 7 years at the [[villa Médicis]] in Rome (1822-29), where he worked in the orbit of [[Johann Friedrich Overbeck|Overbeck]] and the [[Nazarenes]], and copied the Italian 'primitives', leaving his own art with an archaising tendency. He died unmarried.
[[File:Victor Orsel.jpg|thumb|200px|Self-portrait (date unknown)]]
[[File:Le_Bien_et_le_Mal_-_Victor_Orsel_(B_376).jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Good and Evil (painting)|Good and Evil]]'' (French - ''Le Bien et le Mal'') , begun in Rome in 1829 and completed in Paris in 1832]]
'''André Jacques Victor Orsel''' (25 May 1795, [[Oullins]] - 1 November 1850, [[Paris]]) was a French painter; primarily of religious subjects.


== Biography==
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He was born to an old merchant family of [[Dauphiné]]. His father, Jacques Orsel (1750-1800), was a [[gauze]] manufacturer in [[Lyon]].<ref>[[Pierre-Marie Dioudonnat]], ''Le Simili-Nobiliaire-Français'', Éd. Sedopols, 2012, {{p.|612}} {{ISBN|978-2-904177-19-4}}</ref> He had three brothers: André-Jacques (1784-1868), who served as Mayor of Oullins and [[Tarare]], Jean (1787-1847), a soldier, and Pierre Jean-Jacques (1791-1858), a writer.<ref>[https://gw.geneanet.org/saorsel?lang=fr&n=orsel&oc=0&p=victor Victor Orsel] @ [[Geneanet]]</ref>
Il envoya à Lyon en 1823 le tableau intitulé ''La charité et les Pauvres'' qui eut la médaille d'or à l'exposition de l'année. Revenu en France, il accepta de la Ville de Paris la décoration de Notre Dame de Lorette avec son ami Périn. Il choisit pour thème, pour l'espace qui lui était imparti, les litanies de la Vierge réparties en 60 tableaux. Ses œuvres les plus célèbres sont l'"Allégorie du Bien et du Mal" qui se trouve au [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon]], le portrait de la Jeune italienne au Musée de Lyon et le "Vœu de Fourvière" que l'on peut admirer au dessus de la porte principale de Notre Dame à Lyon.


He was successively a student of [[Pierre Révoil]], at the [[École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon|École impériale des beaux-arts de Lyon]] (1809) and [[Pierre-Narcisse Guérin]] in Paris.<ref name="larousse">{{cite web|language=|title=Article Larousse - Victor Orsel|url=http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/peinture/Orsel/153669}}</ref> In 1822, when Guérin was appointed Director of the [[French Academy in Rome]], Orsel went with him. He remained there until 1830 and became associated with the [[Nazarene movement]]; especially [[Johann Friedrich Overbeck]] and his entourage.<ref>{{cite book|language=|title=Beaux-arts. 1851. Orsel et Overbeck, par Charles Lenormant|date=1851 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5628750s}}</ref> He also spent time copying works of Medieval art, whose style he incorporated into his own.
Théophile Gautier , son contemporain, écrit de lui ces quelques lignes :

:« Le but que voulait Orsel, c'était l'expression morale. Il disait lui-même avec un rare bonheur d'expression qu'il voulait baptiser l'art grec. C'est à dire mettre de l'âme dans cette forme si belle, si tranquille, si heureusement sereine. Il fut non seulement un peintre chrétien parce que l'esprit le portait vers les sujets religieux, mais parce que l'âme chez lui était souveraine, qu'elle s'élevait, conduisait et fortifiait le sentiment de l'artiste en le maintenant dans sa foi. »
Back in France, the city of Paris commissioned him to decorate the church of [[Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris|Notre-Dame-de-Lorette]]. A friend from Rome, [[Alphonse Périn]], worked with him and [[Michel Dumas (painter)|Michel Dumas]] acted as their assistant. He chose to illustrate the [[Marian litany|Litanies of the Blessed Virgin Mary]], divided into sixty paintings. He spent the last seventeen years of his life devoted to this project.<ref>{{cite web|title=Œuvres diverses de Victor Orsel (1795-1850) / mises en lumière et présentées par Alphonse Perin ({{p.|11}})|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5543912j.image.hl.r=%22%C3%A2me+chez+lui+%C3%A9tait+souveraine%22.f114.langFR}}</ref>
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== Lien externe ==
Among his best-known works are ''[[Good and Evil (painting)|Good and Evil]]'', at the [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon]], and the ''Vow to Cholera'', inspired by the cholera epidemic of 1832, which largely spared Lyon due, it is said, to the vows of its inhabitants. It was left incomplete and finished by his students in 1852. It was placed in the [[Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière]] in 1896.<ref>[https://www.dclc.fr/histoire_lyon/01_marie.php "Lyon, Marie et les vœux à Notre Dame de Fourvière"] @ De Condate à Lyon Confluence</ref>
*{{fr icon}}[http://gw1.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=saorsel&lang=fr;p=victor;n=orsel Genealogy]

His notable students included [[Louis Janmot]], {{ill|François-Frédéric Grobon|fr}}, [[Gabriel Tyr]] and {{ill|Louis Stanislas Faivre-Duffer|fr}}.

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* Henry Trianon, ''Victor Orsel, notice biographique'', Imprimerie de E. Brière, 1851 (16 pages)
* Alphonse Périn, ''Hommage à Victor Orsel (1795-1850)'', Paris, 1860. (various documents by, referring to, and in honor of Orsel)
* Marie-Claude Chaudonneret, ''La peinture troubadour : deux artistes lyonnais : Pierre Révoil (1776-1842), Fleury Richard (1777-1852)'', Éditions Athena, 1980.

== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 13:43, 31 July 2024

Self-portrait (date unknown)
Good and Evil (French - Le Bien et le Mal) , begun in Rome in 1829 and completed in Paris in 1832

André Jacques Victor Orsel (25 May 1795, Oullins - 1 November 1850, Paris) was a French painter; primarily of religious subjects.

Biography

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He was born to an old merchant family of Dauphiné. His father, Jacques Orsel (1750-1800), was a gauze manufacturer in Lyon.[1] He had three brothers: André-Jacques (1784-1868), who served as Mayor of Oullins and Tarare, Jean (1787-1847), a soldier, and Pierre Jean-Jacques (1791-1858), a writer.[2]

He was successively a student of Pierre Révoil, at the École impériale des beaux-arts de Lyon (1809) and Pierre-Narcisse Guérin in Paris.[3] In 1822, when Guérin was appointed Director of the French Academy in Rome, Orsel went with him. He remained there until 1830 and became associated with the Nazarene movement; especially Johann Friedrich Overbeck and his entourage.[4] He also spent time copying works of Medieval art, whose style he incorporated into his own.

Back in France, the city of Paris commissioned him to decorate the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. A friend from Rome, Alphonse Périn, worked with him and Michel Dumas acted as their assistant. He chose to illustrate the Litanies of the Blessed Virgin Mary, divided into sixty paintings. He spent the last seventeen years of his life devoted to this project.[5]

Among his best-known works are Good and Evil, at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, and the Vow to Cholera, inspired by the cholera epidemic of 1832, which largely spared Lyon due, it is said, to the vows of its inhabitants. It was left incomplete and finished by his students in 1852. It was placed in the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière in 1896.[6]

His notable students included Louis Janmot, François-Frédéric Grobon [fr], Gabriel Tyr and Louis Stanislas Faivre-Duffer [fr].

References

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  1. ^ Pierre-Marie Dioudonnat, Le Simili-Nobiliaire-Français, Éd. Sedopols, 2012, p. 612 ISBN 978-2-904177-19-4
  2. ^ Victor Orsel @ Geneanet
  3. ^ "Article Larousse - Victor Orsel".
  4. ^ Beaux-arts. 1851. Orsel et Overbeck, par Charles Lenormant. 1851.
  5. ^ "Œuvres diverses de Victor Orsel (1795-1850) / mises en lumière et présentées par Alphonse Perin (p. 11)".
  6. ^ "Lyon, Marie et les vœux à Notre Dame de Fourvière" @ De Condate à Lyon Confluence

Further reading

[edit]
  • Henry Trianon, Victor Orsel, notice biographique, Imprimerie de E. Brière, 1851 (16 pages)
  • Alphonse Périn, Hommage à Victor Orsel (1795-1850), Paris, 1860. (various documents by, referring to, and in honor of Orsel)
  • Marie-Claude Chaudonneret, La peinture troubadour : deux artistes lyonnais : Pierre Révoil (1776-1842), Fleury Richard (1777-1852), Éditions Athena, 1980.
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