Joseph Layraud

[1][2] His range included historical scenes and figures, religious and mythological subjects, landscapes, and portraits of contemporaries.

After beginning his training in Marseilles in 1853 he moved to Paris in 1856, studying at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts under Léon Cogniet and Tony Robert-Fleury.

His pupils included Jules Chaine, Max Albert Decrouez, Grégoire Nicolas Finez, Lucien Hector Jonas, Charles Paris, Maurice Rufin and Alfred Léon Sauvage.

[4][5] Layraud exhibited at the Paris Salon, winning medals in 1872; his work was shown at the 1889 and 1900 Expositions Universelles.

[4][6] Internationally, Layraud's work is displayed in Melbourne (Italian Highwaymen), the Ajuda National Palace,[4] and Smith College Museum of Art, Massachusetts (Portrait de Pierre Dupont).