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French painter
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Male
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Birth:
4 March 1823(Paris, France)
Death:
19 March 1884(9th arrondissement of Paris, France)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Valère Adolphe Louis Aze (4 March 1823, Paris - 19 March 1884, Paris) was a French painter; specializing in historical and Orientalist themes.
Life and work
He was a student of the history painter, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury.
He is remembered primarily for his paintings and sketches of Egypt, Istanbul and Algeria; done in oils, watercolors and pencil.
His burial place is in the Cimetière Montmartre, 22nd division, in the chapel of the Léger family, with his wife Blanche-Marie Léger and her relatives.
Among his best known works are; "Diana Surprised by Endymion","Giovanni Bellini Drawing in the Streets of Venice" and"Philip II Meeting with his Son, Don Carlos".