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'' joseph nicolas robert-fleury '' by gaston thys 5 may 1890 paris cologne 200px painting 8 august 1797 joseph nicolas robert-fleury by gaston thys.jpg joseph-nicolas robert-fleury
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joseph-nicolas robert-fleury

joseph nicolas robert-fleury -lrb- 8 august 1797 -- 5 may 1890 -rrb- was a french painter .
born in cologne , he was sent by his family to paris , and after travelling in italy returned to france and made his first appearance at the salon in 1824 ; his reputation , however , was not established until three years later , when he exhibited tasso at the convent of saint onophrius .
endowed with a vigorous original talent , and with a vivid imagination , especially for the tragic incidents of history , he soon rose to fame , and in 1850 succeeded françois granet as member of the académie des beaux-arts .
in 1855 , he was appointed professor and in 1863 director of the École des beaux-arts , and in the following year he went to rome as director of the french academy in that city .
his pupils were marie-adélaïde baubry-vaillant , david bles , marguerite jacquelin , charles désiré hué , leon kapliński , henri le riche , eugène mulertt , and gaston renault .
his son , tony robert-fleury , was also a painter .
