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Thu 18 Apr
|Lit & Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thierry Viennois: The painter Hebert
Ernest Hébert was born in Grenoble in 1817 He was a French academic painter who was mainly self-taught although he took lessons in Paris while studying Law. His first success came with Le Tasse en prison, which depicts. a prisoner receiving a visitor in his cell.
Time & Location
18 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 20:30
Lit & Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne, 23 Westgate Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1SE, UK
About the event
was born in Grenoble in 1817Ernest Hébert
He was a French academic painter who was mainly self-taught although he took lessons in Paris while studying Law.
His first success came with which depicts.Le Tasse en prison,
a prisoner receiving a visitor in his cell.
He was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1839 and spent most of his
time between France and Italy. His most famous painting is which depicts a family of Italian peasants escaping a malaria epidemic by raft, a scene inspired by events Hébert had witnessed while in Italy.La Mal’aria