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1767 Montargis, Orleans, France - 1824 Paris, France. Known for: History paintings and drawings, figure, portraits, genre.
Anne-Louis Girodet, born in Montargis, was one of the principal painters of the Napoleonic era. He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He traveled to Rome, circa 1789 and remained there until 1795.... Read full biography
Anne-Louis Girodet, born in Montargis, was one of the principal painters of the Napoleonic era. He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He traveled to Rome, circa 1789 and remained there until 1795. He first exhibited at The Paris Salon in 1793. He was first and foremost a history painter and in... Read full biography
Anne-Louis Girodet, born in Montargis, was one of the principal painters of the Napoleonic era. He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He traveled to Rome, circa 1789 and remained there until 1795. He first exhibited at The Paris Salon in 1793. He was first and foremost a history painter and in 1810 was awarded a prize for the finest history painting of the past decade. He was employed by Napoleon to decorate the Imperial Apartments at Compiegne and provided illustrations for editions of the... Read full biography
Anne-Louis Girodet, born in Montargis, was one of the principal painters of the Napoleonic era. He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He traveled to Rome, circa 1789 and remained there until 1795. He first exhibited at The Paris Salon in 1793. He was first and foremost a history painter and in 1810 was awarded a prize for the finest history painting of the past decade. He was employed by Napoleon to decorate the Imperial Apartments at Compiegne and provided illustrations for editions of the writings of Virgil and Racine. Works by Girodet can be seen in The Louvre, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Musee Girodet at Montargis... Read full biography
Anne-Louis Girodet, born in Montargis, was one of the principal painters of the Napoleonic era. He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He traveled to Rome, circa 1789 and remained there until 1795. He first exhibited at The Paris Salon in 1793. He was first and foremost a history painter and in 1810 was awarded a prize for the finest history painting of the past decade. He was employed by Napoleon to decorate the Imperial Apartments at Compiegne and provided illustrations for editions of the writings of Virgil and Racine. Works by Girodet can be seen in The Louvre, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Musee Girodet at Montargis holds a large collection of his work.
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Anne-Louis Girodet, Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson
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Anne-Louis Girodet, born in Montargis, was one of the principal painters of the Napoleonic era. He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He traveled to Rome, circa 1789 and remained there until 1795. He first exhibited at The Paris Salon in 1793.
He was first and foremost a history painter and in 1810 was awarded a prize for the finest history painting of the past decade. He was employed by Napoleon to decorate the Imperial Apartments at Compiegne and provided illustrations for editions of the writings of Virgil and Racine.
Works by Girodet can be seen in The Louvre, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and the Metropol...But wait, there's more...
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