Ary Scheffer was born on 10 February 1795 into an eventful time. Napoleon Bonaparte had transformed all of Europe, the old order had been turned upside down. Scheffer's birthplace was Dordrecht in the Batavian Republic, which had been created only a few days before his birth. This construct was the forerunner of the Kingdom of Holland, whose king was Louis Napoleon, one of Bonaparte's brothers.
Scheffer's parents were both artists, painter the father, miniature painter the mother. His brother Henry also became a painter. Ary's talent became obvious very early. His parents started his education and at the age of eleven he started studying art at the academy in Amsterdam. He exhibited his first major work at the age of 13.
When he was 17 years old the family moved to Paris, where Ary received further instruction. He got to know the later famous painters Delacroix and Gericault, whose influence can be felt in his painting style.
Throughout his life Scheffer remained very close to Louis of Holland and even taught his children. Through these relationships he received countless commissions from members of high society who loved to have their portraits painted by him.
Scheffer had a daughter who also became a painter. One of his students was the sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
who later designed the Statue of Liberty for New York.
In keeping with the taste of the time, Scheffer's painting was initially strongly influenced by classicism, his motifs from Greek and Roman antiquity, the clear language of form and colorfulness. He painted works after literary models by Dante, Shakespeare and Goethe, illustrated ballads and poems. Many religious motifs also found their way into his work. His style emancipated itself from that of other Romantics and found much appeal. Over 500 portraits of such famous contemporaries as Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt or Charles Dickens consolidated his reputation. He died highly decorated in Argenteuil on 15 June 1858.
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.jpg "St. Augustine and His Mother St. Monica, 1855 by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Dante and Virgil Meeting the Shades of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The figures of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo da Verrucchio appear to Dante and Virgil, illustration of Dante")
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.jpg "Portrait of Queen Marie-Amelie in Mourning by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The Despairing Women of Rumili, Seeing Their Husbands Defeated by the Troops of Ali Pasha, Throw Themselves from the Rocks by Ary Scheffer")
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_General_Governor_of_Algeria_Painting_by_-_(MeisterDrucke-948307).jpg "Portrait of Eugene Cavaignac (1802-1857) General Governor of Algeria by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Illustration for the ballad Der Taucher by Friedrich Schiller by Ary Scheffer")
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_on_his_Deathbed_1836_-_(MeisterDrucke-585224).jpg "Armand Carrel (1800-36) on his Deathbed by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The Death of Theodore Géricault, with His Friends Colonel Bro de Comeres and the Painter Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Portrait of Princess Louise of Orléans, 1833 by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Faust and Margaret in the Garden, 1846 by Ary Scheffer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1583608).jpg "General Marie Paul Marquis de Lafayette by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Saint Augustine with his Mother Monica of Tagaste. 1854 by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Greek Women Imploring at the Virgin of Assistance by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Portrait of Polish composer and pianist Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) by Ary Scheffer")
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_and_the_Calvini_-_(MeisterDrucke-1022838).jpg "The Alsatian Protestant pastor Jean Frederic Oberlin and the Calvinists of Alsace Lorraine hunted in 1814 by the Russians by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Louis-Philippe takes the oath on the constitution before the chambers on August 9, 1830 by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Portrait of Madame Edmond Caillard by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The Battle of Tolbiac Between the Alamans and the Franks of Siegbert by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Eberhard von Württemberg Mourning His Son by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Opera Singer Maria Malibran by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The Retreat of Napoleon’s Army from Russia in 1812 by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The death of Théodore Géricault, 1824 by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Christus Consolator by Ary Scheffer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1584789).jpg "General Marie Paul Marquis de Lafayette by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Battle of Tolbiac in AD 496, 1837 by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Saint Thomas Aquinas preaches trust in God during the storm by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The Temptation of Christ by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Saints Augustine and Monica, 1854 by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord by Ary Scheffer")
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_Marquis_de_-_(MeisterDrucke-565253).jpg "Portrait of Marquis de Lafayette by Ary Scheffer")
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_(astronomer_and_politicia_-_(MeisterDrucke-1022037).jpg "Portrait of the Physicist Francois Arago by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait at the Age of 43, 1838 by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Portrait of Pauline Viardot by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The Three Scheffer Brothers in a Landscape by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Mrs. Robert Hollond, philanthropist, nee Ellen Julia Teed (1822 - 1884) by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Portrait of Charles Dickens (detail) by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The Adoration of the Magi by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Felicie de Fauveau, 1829 by Ary Scheffer")
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_c1822_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1642546).jpg "Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Saint Monique with Saint Augustine - Frontispiece of the History of Saint Monique by Abbe Bougaud, Librairie Poussielgue 1866 by Ary Scheffer")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-561675).jpg "Portrait of Paul Louis Courier by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Saint Louis Visiting the Plague Victims by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Christ the Consoler by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The Feast of the Passover by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Camille Hyacinthe Odilon Barrot by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The death of Marat by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Ariadne by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The Death of Saint Louis by Ary Scheffer")
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_Painting_by_Ary_Scheffer_(179_-_(MeisterDrucke-981878).jpg "Portrait of General Lazare Louis Hoche (1768-1797) by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The Death of Gericault by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Sick Man in Bed with a Woman and Two Children Beside Him by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "The Retreat of Napoleon by Ary Scheffer")
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.jpg "Portrait of John Calvin by Ary Scheffer")
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