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Leon François Comerre

Leon François Comerre (1850 - 1916) was active/lived in France.  Leon Comerre is known for Portrait, female figure painting-nudes.

Leon-Francois Comerre was born in 1850 in Trélon France.

Commere studied with August Colas in Lille, and Alexandre Cabanet at l'École des Beaux-Arts* de Paris.

Commerre won the Grand Prix de Rome* in 1875, a treasured prize, which led to a scholarship at the Villa de Medicis, Academie France in Rome.

He won prizes the Paris Salons* in 1875, 1881, and at the l'Exposition Universalle d'Anvers in 1885.  He also won prizes at exhibitions in Philadelphia in 1876 at the Centennial Exhibition*; Melbourne in 1881; and Sydney in 1897.  He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français.  He was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1903.

Comerre painted decorative works for many public spaces in Paris such as the Theatre d'Odeon, l'Hotel Dufayel, and the Sorbonne.  He also did paintings for public buildings in Lyon, and Saumur.

Comerre was an academician* of a grand scale.  He epitomized the spirit of La B   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2025 characters.]  Artist bio

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