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Tony Robert-fleuryTony Robert-Fleury (1837 - 1912), French painter, was born in Paris, and studied under his father Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury and under Delaroche and Lon Coignet. His first picture at the Salon, in 1866, was a large historical composition. of the Warsaw Massacres on April 8, 1861. In the following year his "Old Women in the Place Navone, Rome" was bought for the Luxembourg Museum, as was also the "Last Day of Corinth" in 1870. In 1880 he painted a ceiling for the Luxembourg, representing "The Glorification of French Sculpture." Tony Robert-Fleury became president of the Socit des Artistes franais in succession to Bouguereau. He acquired a great reputation for his historical compositions and portraits; and from his atelier have issued a great number of the best-known painters of the 20th century. Robert-Fleury, Tony Robert-Fleury, Tony Robert-Fleury, Tony
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