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Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel (19 May 1839 – 25 February 1929) was a French painter. He was born in Genêts and had his artistic training under Jean-Léon Gérôme, whose style he followed. His paintings are in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen. He specialized in historical genre paintings. At a 2012 Sotheby's auction, one of his paintings, The Practice Recital, was sold for US$86,500.

References

1. A Guide to Archival Sources for French-American Art History in the Archives of American Art. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. 1992. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-880193-02-0. OCLC 466612701.
2. Reed, J. E. (1885) The Gallery of Contemporary Art: An Illustrated Review of the Recent Art Productions of All Nations, Volume 2. Gebbie & Company. p. 217.
3. "LESREL Adolphe". French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
4. ^ "THE PRACTICE RECITAL". Sotheby's. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

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