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Leon Ovide Scribe

Leon Scribe (1841 - 1909) is known for Painting.

Ceramist painter, Léon Ovide Scribe was born in Albert in the Somme in 1814. He studied painting in Paris where he was advised by the great painters of the time such as Ingres and Henner. He arrived in Sologne at the age of 27, his parents having decided to settle in La Ferté-St-Cyr following financial problems. After creating very realistic paintings on the life of the Solognots of his time, this big-hearted and erudite artist devoted himself to figurative ceramics. Ovide Scribe marked the cultural history of the town of Romorantin where he settled in 1880, under the advice of his writer friend Paul Besnard. In fact, he held the first position of drawing professor at the college, and created the first municipal museum. Artist and collector of works by his painter friends, this museum was initially mainly made up of donations from his own collection. Many of them can still be found today in the collections of the Sologne Museum. Initially installed on rue du Grenier à Sel, near the Jac   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2558 characters.]  Artist bio

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