Victor Leydet (painter)

Victor Leydet was born on July 21, 1861, in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.^[1] He was trained as a painter at the École des beaux-arts d'Avignon, now known as the École supérieure d'art d'Avignon in Avignon, where painter Pierre Grivolas (1823-1906) was his teacher. He was also trained by painters Gabriel Bourges and Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904).

As a professional painter, he was a member of the New School of Avignon.^[2][3][4] His painting entitled Femmes en prières is exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.^[5] Some of his other paintings, like Portrait du jeune homme, en pied or Avant la messe, can be seen in the Musée Calvet in Avignon.^[6][7]

He was a member of the Académie de Vaucluse.^[8]

He died on October 20, 1904, in Sorgues.^[1]

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  After the Mass
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  Charlotte
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  The Hopeless
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  Absinthe supérieure

• Victor Leydet, peintre du 19e: 1861 - L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (Campredon art et culture (L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Vaucluse), 1985, 47 pages).^[9]