Émile Lévy

Émile Lévy (August 29, 1826 in Paris – 1890) was a French genre and portrait painter.

He was a pupil of François-Édouard Picot and Abel de Pujol.

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: “Noah Cursing Canaan” (1855); “Supper of the Martyrs” (1859); “Death of Orpheus” (1866), Luxembourg Museum; “Love and Folly” (1874); “Infancy” (1885); “The Elements,” Salon of Ministry of State, Louvre; “Presentation of the Virgin,” Trinity Church, Paris.