 Marc Charles Gleyre is primarily known as Charles (Marc-Charles) Gleyre
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A Swiss artist who painted in academic style, Charles Gleyre, whose
full name was Marc Gabriel Charles Gleyre, was born in Chevilly, Vaud
Canton in Switzerland. In 1843, he took over the studio of Paul
Delaroche, and as a painter and teacher had a number of prominent
students including Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley
and James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
When he was a child, his parents died, and he was raised by an uncle in
Lyon, France, where he was sent to a L (showing 500 of 2948 characters). |
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