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1755 Paris, France - 1830 Paris, France. Known for: Landscape painting, military scenes, figures in historic places, teaching.
Son of the enamel painter Pierre-Henri Taunay (1728-81), Nicolas Antoine Taunay was a student of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. A serious rival of Philibert-Louis Debucourt, Taunay entered the Academy of... Read full biography
Son of the enamel painter Pierre-Henri Taunay (1728-81), Nicolas Antoine Taunay was a student of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. A serious rival of Philibert-Louis Debucourt, Taunay entered the Academy of Fine Arts in 1795. He began studying painting in 1768 with Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, then with Nicolas... Read full biography
Son of the enamel painter Pierre-Henri Taunay (1728-81), Nicolas Antoine Taunay was a student of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. A serious rival of Philibert-Louis Debucourt, Taunay entered the Academy of Fine Arts in 1795. He began studying painting in 1768 with Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, then with Nicolas Guy Brenet and Francesco Casanova. From 1784 to 1787, he stayed in Rome to study with a grant from the Royal Academy of Painting. In 1805, he was chosen, with other painters, to represent Napoleon's... Read full biography
Son of the enamel painter Pierre-Henri Taunay (1728-81), Nicolas Antoine Taunay was a student of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. A serious rival of Philibert-Louis Debucourt, Taunay entered the Academy of Fine Arts in 1795. He began studying painting in 1768 with Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, then with Nicolas Guy Brenet and Francesco Casanova. From 1784 to 1787, he stayed in Rome to study with a grant from the Royal Academy of Painting. In 1805, he was chosen, with other painters, to represent Napoleon's campaigns in Germany. With the fall of the Emperor, Taunay took part in an artistic mission set up by the Count of Barca, a highly respected minister of the regent Don Joao, the future John VI of Portugal. He embarked in 1816 with his family for... Read full biography
Son of the enamel painter Pierre-Henri Taunay (1728-81), Nicolas Antoine Taunay was a student of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. A serious rival of Philibert-Louis Debucourt, Taunay entered the Academy of Fine Arts in 1795. He began studying painting in 1768 with Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, then with Nicolas Guy Brenet and Francesco Casanova. From 1784 to 1787, he stayed in Rome to study with a grant from the Royal Academy of Painting. In 1805, he was chosen, with other painters, to represent Napoleon's campaigns in Germany. With the fall of the Emperor, Taunay took part in an artistic mission set up by the Count of Barca, a highly respected minister of the regent Don Joao, the future John VI of Portugal. He embarked in 1816 with his family for Brazil as a member of the French artistic mission. He arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1816 and became a pensioned painte... Read full biography
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Son of the enamel painter Pierre-Henri Taunay (1728-81), Nicolas Antoine Taunay was a student of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. A serious rival of Philibert-Louis Debucourt, Taunay entered the Academy of Fine Arts in 1795. He began studying painting in 1768 with Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, then with Nicolas Guy Brenet and Francesco Casanova.
From 1784 to 1787, he stayed in Rome to study with a grant from the Royal Academy of Painting. In 1805, he was chosen, with other painters, to represent Napoleon's campaigns in Germany. With the fall of the Emperor, Taunay took part in an artistic mission set up by the Count of Barca, a highly respected minister of the regent Don Joao, the future John VI of Portugal.
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