Joseph Villevieille

Joseph Villevieille

Joseph Villevieille in 1901
Born August 06, 1829
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Died February 11, 1916
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Resting place Saint-Pierre Cemetery
Alma mater École des Beaux-Arts
Occupation Painter

Joseph Villevieille (1829–1916) was a French painter.

Early life

Joseph Villevieille was born on August 06, 1829 in Aix-en-Provence.[1][2] He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[1]

Career

Villevieille taught painting in Aix-en-Provence.[1] He became friends with Paul Cézanne,[3] whose mother he painted shortly before she died.[1]

When the townhall of Aix-en-Provence was burglarized on August 22, 1872, Viillevielle was commissioned to do many paintings for its walls.[1] Some of those paintings were portraits of prominent local painters like Jean-Baptiste van Loo and François Marius Granet, and local historian Scholastique Pitton.[1] In 1900, he did a painting of Sextius Calvinus, the founder of Aix-en-Provence, which is also in the collection of the townhall.[1]

Sextius Calvinus, founder of Aix-en-Provence, painted by Joseph Villevieille in 1900.

Death and legacy

Villevieille died on February 11, 1916 in Aix-en-Provence.[1] He was buried at the Saint-Pierre Cemetery in Aix-en-Provence.[1] The Avenue joseph villevieille in Aix-en-Provence was named in his honor.[4]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Baille, Franck (1981). Les Petits Maîtres d'Aix à la Belle-Époque (1870-1914). Aix-en-Provence: Edition de l'imprimerie Paul-Roubaud. pp. 37–38.
  2. ↑ "Joseph Villevieille (French, 1829 - 1916)". MutualArt.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ Danchev, Alex (October 4, 2013). "'Mon cher Émile': The Letters of Paul Cézanne to Émile Zola". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ Google Maps


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