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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
French Academic Painter, 1815-1891,French painter, sculptor and illustrator. Although he was briefly a student of Jules Potier (1796-1865) and Leon Cogniet, Meissonier was mainly self-taught and gained experience by designing wood-engravings for book illustrations. These included Leon Curmer's celebrated edition of J.-H. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's Paul et Virginie (Paris, 1838), the series Les Franeais peints par eux-memes (Paris, 1840-42) and Louis de Chevigne's Les Contes remois (Paris, 1858).
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Painting ID:: 44056
Napoleon and his Staff
1868
Oil on panel,
17 x 18 cm
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Painting ID:: 45866
Napoleon on the expedition of 1814
mk178
1864 oils on linen 51.5x76.5cm
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Painting ID:: 59871
Ernest Meissonier Self portrait
Ernest Meissonier, Self-portrait, 1889.
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Painting ID:: 59872
Campagne de France
1814. Campagne de France (Napoleon and his staff returning from Soissons after the Battle of Laon), 1864
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Painting ID:: 59881
The siege of Paris in 1870
The siege of Paris in 1870, 1884.
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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
French Academic Painter, 1815-1891,French painter, sculptor and illustrator. Although he was briefly a student of Jules Potier (1796-1865) and Leon Cogniet, Meissonier was mainly self-taught and gained experience by designing wood-engravings for book illustrations. These included Leon Curmer's celebrated edition of J.-H. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's Paul et Virginie (Paris, 1838), the series Les Franeais peints par eux-memes (Paris, 1840-42) and Louis de Chevigne's Les Contes remois (Paris, 1858).
. Related Artists to Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier: | Pollard, James | Helen Thomas Dranga | Lorenzo Ghiberti | Barend Avercamp | Peale, Sarah Miriam |
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