Talk:Joseph Beaume

He formed at the school of Gros, and began at the Salon of 1819 with a biblical scene: Nephtali and Rachel. Since that time he has taken part in all the official exhibitions which took place in Paris, except those of 1835, 1842, 1848 and 1849. A second-class medal was awarded in 1824 for two compositions representing, An Alain Chartier embraced during his sleep by Margaret of Scotland, the other the Invalid dying. This last picture, which received the honors of the engraving, obtained the highest praise: "There is naturalness and simplicity in this little scene," says the anonymous author of a Critical Review of the Salon, published by Dentu In 1825; The figures are perfectly drawn, perfectly touched and of a very remarkable precision. Beaume was not long in realizing the hopes which had been given by his beginning; The following paintings, which he sent to the Salon of 1827, won him a first-class medal: Hunting Stop, King Drinking, Rustic Interior. In the manner in which the artist treated familiar subjects, he was thought to be a continuator of Greuzo, the honest and sentimental painter who was the delight of Diderot. Beaume exhibited at the same Salon the Blessing and laying of the first stone of the monument of Louis XVI, a picture commissioned by the ministry of the king's house. From that time on, he led the genre and history in his works, painting sometimes scenes familiar to individuals, sometimes battles for the state, sometimes religious subjects for the churches.

Beaume was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor by decree of 30 April 1836

He is buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery (59th Division). Artworks Napoleon I leaving the island of Elba - 1836

His main works in the historical genre are:

• The Last moments of the great Dauphine (Salon of 1834);
• Anne of Austria at the Val-de-Grâce Salon 1835);
• The Passage du Rhin in 1795 and the Combat de Diernstein (Salon 1836);
• The Battle of Albeck (Salon 1837);
• The Battle of Lutzen Salon 1838);
• The Battle of Opporto and the Battle of Bautsen (Salon The Battle of Toulouse (Salon 1840);
• The Combat of the Sig (Salon 1841);
• A second Battle of Opporto (Salon 1843);
• The Battle of the Alma (Salon 1855);
• The Death of Charles V. (Salon 1857);
• Louis XVII at the Salon Salon 1863);
• An episode of the retreat of Russia (Salon 1864).

Several of these paintings appear in the historic galleries of Versailles. The first two are in Luxembourg; The latter belongs to the czar. Among the religious subjects painted by Beaume, we shall quote:

• Education of the Virgin (Salon 1844);
• The Meal of the Holy Family (Salon 1855);
• Moses exposed (Salon 1857);
• The Temptation of St. Anthony (Salon 1864);
• The Flight into Egypt (Salon 1866).

As for the small pictures of genre executed by the Marseilles artist, they are too numerous for us to list them; It will suffice to recall those who have had the most success: Schoolmaster asleep, National Museum of Education (Rouen).

• The schoolmaster asleep (Salon 1831);
• A Storm Scene during the harvest (Salon 1833, collection of M. de Rothschild);
• The Main Hand (same Salon, collection of M. Tardif, in Marseilles);
• The Forgiveness (Engraved), the Reading of the Bible, Little Red Riding Hood (Salon 1840);
• The Shepherds of the Pyrenees (Salon 1845);
• The Exit of the church (Salon 1846, Luxembourg Museum);
• Dream of a young girl (Salon 1847);
• Idleness (Salon 1850);
• The Dime, a Lion Hunt (Salon 1853);
• The Season of Flowers, an Italian Family (Salon 1859);
• The Thieves and the Donkey, the Rendez-vous de chasse (Salon 1861);
• Marguerite with the wheel (Salon 1864);
• The unexpected Convives, the Pantin (Salon 1865).