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François Verdier BIOGRAPHY
1651 Paris, France - 1730 Paris, France. Known for: Mythology and allegorical figures, nudes, sanguine and white chalk drawings, painting.
Francois Verdier received the Rome Prize drawing twice, in 1668 and 1671. He was received at the Academy in 1678 and taught there from 1684. The son of a court clockmaker, the painter and draughtsman... Read full biography
Francois Verdier received the Rome Prize drawing twice, in 1668 and 1671. He was received at the Academy in 1678 and taught there from 1684. The son of a court clockmaker, the painter and draughtsman François Verdier, studied at the distinguished Académie Royale where his talent was recognised –... Read full biography
Francois Verdier received the Rome Prize drawing twice, in 1668 and 1671. He was received at the Academy in 1678 and taught there from 1684. The son of a court clockmaker, the painter and draughtsman François Verdier, studied at the distinguished Académie Royale where his talent was recognised – winning prizes for drawing in 1668 and again in 1671. In 1678 he became a member of the Académie and in the following year, Verdier embarked for Rome to continue his training at the Académie de France... Read full biography
Francois Verdier received the Rome Prize drawing twice, in 1668 and 1671. He was received at the Academy in 1678 and taught there from 1684. The son of a court clockmaker, the painter and draughtsman François Verdier, studied at the distinguished Académie Royale where his talent was recognised – winning prizes for drawing in 1668 and again in 1671. In 1678 he became a member of the Académie and in the following year, Verdier embarked for Rome to continue his training at the Académie de France in Rome where he was to remain until 1680. In the years following his return to Paris he worked mainly on official commissions and under the guidance of Charles Le Brun, whose niece he married in 1685. He assisted Le Brun in the decoration of the... Read full biography
Francois Verdier received the Rome Prize drawing twice, in 1668 and 1671. He was received at the Academy in 1678 and taught there from 1684. The son of a court clockmaker, the painter and draughtsman François Verdier, studied at the distinguished Académie Royale where his talent was recognised – winning prizes for drawing in 1668 and again in 1671. In 1678 he became a member of the Académie and in the following year, Verdier embarked for Rome to continue his training at the Académie de France in Rome where he was to remain until 1680. In the years following his return to Paris he worked mainly on official commissions and under the guidance of Charles Le Brun, whose niece he married in 1685. He assisted Le Brun in the decoration of the Galerie d’Apollon at the Louvre and painted 14 decorative mythologies (1688–98) for the Grand... Read full biography
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Francois Verdier received the Rome Prize drawing twice, in 1668 and 1671. He was received at the Academy in 1678 and taught there from 1684.
The son of a court clockmaker, the painter and draughtsman François Verdier, studied at the distinguished Académie Royale where his talent was recognised – winning prizes for drawing in 1668 and again in 1671.
In 1678 he became a member of the Académie and in the following year, Verdier embarked for Rome to continue his training at the Académie de France in Rome where he was to remain until 1680.
In the years following his return to Paris he worked mainly on official commissions and under the guidance of Charles Le Brun, whose niece he married i...But wait, there's more...
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