Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
French, 1813-1875
Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils (1815–1875) was a French academic painter of religious and military subjects. Pils was born in Paris as the son of a soldier François Pils. At the age of twelve, he studied with Guillaume Guillon-Lethière for four years.
In 1831 he became a student at the École des Beaux-Arts and studied under François-Édouard Picot. He competed for the Prix de Rome, which he won in 1838 for a history painting, Saint Peter Healing a Lame Man at the Door of the Temple.
Although in poor health, Pils then spent the customary three years at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, which then had Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres as its director. While in Italy he visited Naples, Venice, and Florence.
Pils's earlier paintings have religious themes. In 1849 he completed his most famous work, Rouget de L'Isle Singing La Marseillaise, which now resides at the Musée historique de Strasbourg. After experiences travelling with French troops through the Crimea, his themes took on military and nationalistic subjects. He later produced many military scenes during the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
Pils was appointed professor of painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1863 but left the same year for two years in Algeria. In 1868 he was elected to seat #14 of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Among his students were Adrien Moreau, Paul Adolphe Rajon, Julien Dupré, Luc-Olivier Merson, Ludovic Piette, Édouard Joseph Dantan and László Mednyánszky. Among his other work, Pils painted part of the ceiling of the grand staircase of the Palais Garnier, in four panels titled The Gods of Olympus, Apollo in His Chariot, Triumph of Harmony, and Apotheosis of the Opera, completed the year of his death. The following year he was the subject of a biography by Louis Becq de Fouquières.
Pils died in Douarnenez and is buried in section 54 of Père Lachaise Cemetery. His works are held by different museums in France such as : Musée Condé - Chantilly
Musée National du Château - Compiègne
Musée des Beaux Arts - Bordeaux
Musée Historique - Strasbourg
Palais des Beaux-Arts - Lille
Musée des Augustins - Toulouse etc...(Biography provided by Fremiot)
to
1
1
1
1
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
1
1
1
1
1
3
892
676
664
610
1
1
Artist: Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils
A Man reading in his Study, oil painting, small, 14 K gold frame, French 19th C
By Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils
Located in New York, NY
Isidore Pils
Paris 1813 – 1875 Douarnenez
Portrait of a Man in his Study
Oil on canvas
10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
Framed: 16 x 14 inches
Provenance:
Private Collection, Florida
Isi...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Oil
Related Items
The cliffs of Marqueyssac and Castelnaud in Dordogne
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Hans SEILER
(Neuchâtel 1907 – 1986)
The cliffs of Marqueyssac and Castelnaud, seen from La Roque Gageac
Oil on canvas
H. 40 cm; L. 83 cm
Signed lower right, dated 1973
Provenance : ...
Category
1950s French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French school 18th century - Deer hunting scene in France
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
18th century French school
L'hallali du cerf, hunting scene
Oil on canvas
H. 67 cm; L. 118 cm
Hunting scene in the spirit of the representations of the great painters of the king, D...
Category
18th Century French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Omnibus sur le Boulevard Saint Denis, Soir de
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in Greenwich, CT
Omnibus sur le Boulevard Saint Denis is a great and classic Cortes that depicts this favorite spot where he loved to paint many of his compositions, in ...
Category
1910s French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Path in a hamlet
By Louis-Alexandre Cabié
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Louis-Alexandre CABIÉ
(Dol-de-Bretagne 1853 - Bordeaux 1939)
Path in a hamlet
Oil on panel
H. 24.5 cm; L. 31 cm
Signed lower left, dated 1929
Provenance: Private collection, Charent...
Category
1920s French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Wicket basket with Anemones a humble festive gift 19th century floral still life
Located in Norwich, GB
A charming 19th Century painting of Anemone flowers in a wicker basket. It has a warm, seasonal and festive feel. I love the great simplicity and sincerity it exudes. French in origi...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 18.12 in W 21.26 in D 1.19 in
"Study of a Frog Studying Various Plants" France, Early 19th century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Study of a Frog Studying Various Plants"
France, 19th century
OIl on paper
Signed
14 x 10 (18 x 14 frame) inches
This well-painted composition of a frog which seems to be observin...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
French school end of 19th century, A seaside with two characters, oil on paper
Located in Paris, FR
French school end of 19th century
Seaside with two characters,
oil on paper
27 x 49 cm
In good condition
In a modern frame : 35 x 57 cm
Category
1890s French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Oil
COUNTRY SCENE - In the Manner of Julien Dupre' -Italian Oil on Canvas Painting
By Ciro De Rosa
Located in Napoli, IT
COUNTRY SCENE - Oil on canvas cm.24x30 by Ciro De Rosa Italy 2008.
The painter Ciro De Rosa reinterpreted the work "Peasant with sheep, cow and goat" by Julien Dupre 'French painter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape at the water's edge
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Molded plaster frame and gilded wood
51.5 x 60 x 5 cm
Category
Early 20th Century French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Saint-Antoine bridge in Clisson in France
By Louis-Alexandre Cabié
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Louis-Alexandre CABIÉ
(Dol-de-Bretagne 1853 - Bordeaux 1939)
The Saint Antoine bridge in Clisson
Oil on cardboard
H. 26 cm; L. 29.5 cm
Signed lower left, dated 1907
Provenance: Priv...
Category
Early 1900s French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Holy family under an oak tree on a gold background
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
French school circa 1870
Holy Family under an oak, after Raphaël, on gold background
Oil on canvas
H. 92 cm; W. 60 cm
This aesthetic curiosity takes up the very famous composition b...
Category
19th Century French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract composition, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet - Abstract Composition in white shades
Reference number A202
Framed with a natural oak floated frame
40 x 45 cm (45 x 50 cm frame included)
This work is painted with oi...
Category
1980s French School Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils paintings available for sale on 1stDibs.