The New International Encyclopædia/Lévy, Emile

LEVY, lắ'vḗ ' , (1820-90). A French genre and portrait painter. He was born in Paris, August 29, 1826. He was a pupil of Abel de Pujol and Picot, and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1854. On his return from Italy he settled in Paris, and devoted himself to portrait painting. He exhibited in the Salon, receiving a first-class medal in 1878, and the Legion of Honor in 1867. Among the more important of his works are: &ldquo;Noah Cursing Canaan&rdquo; (1855); &ldquo;Supper of the Martyrs&rdquo; (1859); &ldquo;Death of Orpheus&rdquo; (1866), Luxembourg Museum; &ldquo;Love and Folly&rdquo; (1874); &ldquo;Infancy&rdquo; (1885); &ldquo;The Elements,&rdquo; Salon of

Ministry of State, Louvre; &ldquo;Presentation of the Virgin,&rdquo; Trinity Church, Paris.