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Charles Théophile Demory received his first lessons from his father, a drawing teacher and restorer, before entering Léon Cogniet’s studio at the Paris École des beaux-arts in 1855. Studying the masters and copying paintings in the Louvre formed important parts of his training. A landscape and portrait painter, he later taught at the École académique in Arras and exhibited at the Salon between 1868 and 1884. Breton interiors, fishermen and agricultural work along the Norman coast supplied subjects for his genre painting. He also produced religious compositions and copies of celebrated works, including The Raft of the Medusa. His writings on religious painting and Dominique Doncre extended this interest in artistic transmission through practice, teaching and historical reflection.
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Oil on canvas
L’Attente du retour
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2026-04-27
Published result : 1300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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