Jules-Joseph Lefebvre

Jules-Joseph Lefebvre was a prominent 19th-century French academic painter, born in Tournan-en-Brie in 1836. A winner of the prestigious Prix de Rome, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and became widely celebrated for his idealized figural compositions, particularly his nudes and portraits of women rendered in a refined, luminous style.

Lefebvre taught at the Académie Julian, where he influenced a generation of international students, and exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon, winning numerous medals. His technically polished canvases are held in major museum collections across France and Europe.

Browse the Jules-Joseph Lefebvre collection of classical figurative art prints to bring the elegance of 19th-century French academic painting to your walls.