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Prosper Marilhat (1811-1847)

Aliases: Georges Ant. Prosper Marilhat; Prosper-Georges-Antoine Marilhat

Professions: Orientmaler; Landscape painter; Etcher; Painter

  • Prosper Georges Antoine Marilhat 1811-1847 , Sunset at Syracuse oil on canvas

  • Prosper Georges Antoine Marilhat , French 1811-1847 VIEW OF THE SOUTH OF THE NECROPOLIS IN CAIRO WITH THE CITADEL IN THE BACKGROUND oil on canvas

  • PROSPER-GEORGES-ANTOINE MARILHAT VERTAIZON 1811 - THIERS 1847

  • Prosper Georges Antoine Marilhat (French, 1811-1847)

Prosper Marilhat Biography

(b Vertaizon, Puy-de-Dôme, 26 March 1811; d Paris, 13 Sept 1847). French painter. He painted his first landscapes and family portraits at Thiers and in the Auvergne before moving to Paris in 1829. After working as the pupil of Camille Roqueplan he was engaged by Baron Karl von Hügel for an expedition to the Near East (1831–3), from which he brought back numerous studies. He visited Greece, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine, stayed in Egypt from October 1831 to May 1833 and returned by way of Rhodes and Corfu. Cairo, the villages of the Delta and Upper Egypt proved to be sources of inspiration for later works. At Alexandria he painted theatre sets and numerous court portraits (more than 80, according to Gérard de Nerval: ‘Les Artistes français à l’étranger, par L. Dussieux’, L’Artiste , x (15 March 1853), p. 60). Despite further trips to Italy (1835), the Midi, the Pyrenees (1836) and Normandy (1843), the Near East and the Auvergne remained his major themes. Ezbekiyah Square (1834; untraced, engraving in Paris, Bib. N.), the Recollection of the Countryside near Rosetta (1835; untraced, engraving in Paris, Bib. N.) and the illustration of the Countryside near Luxor published (Paris, 1835) by the engraver Léon de Joannis (fl 1808–50) brought him to the attention of the public. Although Twilight (1836; untraced, engraving in Paris, Bib. N.) was refused by the Salon in 1836, his pastel drawing of the Villa Pamphili (Paris, priv. col.) was engraved by Eugène Ciceri (Paris, Bib. N.).

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  • DANS LE GOÛT DE PROSPER MARILHAT (1811-1847) MONTAGNARDS FUMANT LE TCHIBOUK SOUS LES CÈDRES DU LIBAN MEN SMOKING THE TCHIBOUK UNDER ..., Prosper Marilhat, €1,401 Register to bid
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  • Attribué à Prosper MARILHAT - Une paire : une vue, Prosper Marilhat, Click for value View Details
  • PROSPER MARILHAT, ATTRIBUTED (French 1811-1847) Arab men in bazaar, oil on canvas, indistinctly signed lower left. Contained in newer distressed gilt frame. Condition: original 19th c. crossbraced stretcher and canvas. Three scuffs and/or punctures, Prosper Marilhat, Click for value View Details
  • Prosper Georges Antoine Marilhat (French, 1811-1847) Tomb of a sheik, Prosper Marilhat, Click for value View Details
  • Prosper Georges Antoine MARILHAT   (1811-1847)   Ruines aux environs de Rome.   Huile sur panneau.   Signée en bas à gauche.   27 x 41 cm., Prosper Marilhat, Click for value View Details
  • PROSPER MARILHAT, (French, 1811-1847), ORIENTALIST LANDSCAPE STUDY, pencil and sepia watercolor;, sight: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, Prosper Marilhat, Click for value View Details
  • PROSPER GEORGES ANTOINE MARILHAT, FRENCH 1811-1847, Prosper Marilhat, Click for value View Details

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