01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART - Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier's Scenes from The Spanish Inquisition, With Footnotes #134

Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier

Detail; Scènes de l'inquisition en Espagne/ Scenes from The Spanish Inquisition

Oil on canvas

1990 x 1830

Musée d'Orsay

Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier

Scènes de l'inquisition en Espagne/ Scenes from The Spanish Inquisition

Oil on canvas

1990 x 1830

Musée d'Orsay

The Spanish Inquisition was a judicial institution that lasted between 1478 and 1834. Its ostensible purpose was to combat heresy in Spain, but, in practice, it resulted in consolidating power in the monarchy of the newly unified Spanish kingdom. Its brutal methods led to widespread death and suffering. More on The Spanish Inquisition

Gabriel-Joseph-Marie-Augustin Ferrier (29 September 1847 in Nîmes – 6 June 1914 in Paris) was a French portrait painter and orientalist.

He began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he worked with Ernest Hébert and Isidore Pils. His first exhibit was at the Salon in 1869. Two years later, he was awarded the Prix de Rome for his depiction of a scene from the Flood and studied at the French Academy in Rome from 1873 to 1876.

Upon returning to France, he specialized in painting portraits of notable figures connected with the Third Republic. In 1883, he took an extended trip to Algeria, where he created works in the Orientalist style. Some of those works earned him a Gold Medal at the Exposition Universelle (1889).

He later was named a Professor of Design at the Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur, then became a lecturer at the École des Beaux-arts, succeeding Jean-Léon Gérôme. He also taught at the Académie Julian. In 1906, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts. He was also a member of the Société des Artistes Français. In 1911, he became a Knight in the Légion d'honneur.

Among his best-known students may be numbered Paul-Émile Bécat, Roger Bissière, André Fau, Luis Ricardo Falero and Albert Lynch. More on Gabriel Ferrier

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