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Louis-Antoine-Leon Riesener, artist
French, 1808 - 1878
Landscape, 19th century
pastel on buff paper
23.4 x 22.3 cm
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts purchase, anonymous gift, Robert J. Bransten, Innis Bromfield, Ludwig A. Emge, Albert Morch and George A. Poole Jr. Funds and others 1983.2.13

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Artist Biography: Riesener studied with his father, Henri-Franc,ois Riesener, and Baron Antoine-Jean Gros. The cousin of Eugene Delacroix, Riesener was greatly influenced by his illustrious relative. He exhibited at the Salon from 1833 to 1878. He was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1873. Riesener was praised as a brilliant colorist and forceful draftsman.

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