It’s Eyre Crowe’s 200th birthday!
Eyre Crowe spent most of his childhood in Paris, where his father was working as a journalist. In 1839, at the age of around 14, he began studying art under Paul Delaroche (1797-1856), probably the most famous artist of historical subjects in France at the time. Delaroche’s influence on Crowe’s later paintings is clear. In 1843 Delaroche closed his studio and went to Rome. Crowe went there too, with his family for the winter, and was able to continue some studies with Delaroche. In Rome, Crowe became the firm and lifelong friend of the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904).
Images:
Paul Delaroche, ‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey’ (1833). The National Gallery, London. Licenced under Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Jean-Léon Gérôme, by Ferdinand Mulnier, albumen carte-de-visite, late 1870s. National Portrait Gallery Photographs Collection NPG Ax17864. Licenced under Creative Commons licence CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0
Eyre Crowe (1824-1910) 