Jules Adolphe Goupil (1839-1883)

Jules Adolphe Goupil (1839-1883)
Young boy with monocle
Oil on canvas signed lower left
17.32 x 12.20 inch
Jules Goupil was a French painter, specialised in genre portraits and scenes of French Revolution. He first studied
with his father, Frédéric Auguste Antoine Goupil, who was a porcelain painter.
Then the young Goupil joined Ary Scheffer's class at the Beaux Arts, where he enhanced his technique. He first
exhibited some noteworthy portraits at the Salon at the age of eighteen. From 1864, he mainly exhibited scenes of
genre before dedicating himself to History painting.
He gained a lot of rewards at the Salon, especially in 1875 where he gained a first class medal for his painting
named " In 1795 ". He exhibited regularly in Brussels and Munich too, where his paintings are very well-liked.
He was awarded the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and Officer of Leopold Order.
Museums
Musée d'Orsay
Musée de Sydney
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
Bibliography
Les Petits Maitres de la peinture, valeur de demain, édition Gérald Schurr, 1989
Voyage au pays des peintres, Salon de 1875
Les Artistes modernes, Eugène Montrosier, 18
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