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1729 Colleville, France - 1765 Paris, France. Known for: Religion and mythology painting, church decoration, altarpieces.
Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays or Deshayes was a French painter of religious and mythological subjects. Deshays was born in Colleville. His first training was under his father, the minor Rouen painter... Read full biography
Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays or Deshayes was a French painter of religious and mythological subjects. Deshays was born in Colleville. His first training was under his father, the minor Rouen painter Jean-Dominique Deshays, he then spent a little time under Jean-Baptiste Descamps at his Ecole... Read full biography
Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays or Deshayes was a French painter of religious and mythological subjects. Deshays was born in Colleville. His first training was under his father, the minor Rouen painter Jean-Dominique Deshays, he then spent a little time under Jean-Baptiste Descamps at his Ecole Gratuite de Dessin. He spent time in Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont's Paris studio from around 1740 to 1749 and Jean Restout II's from late 1749 to 1751. Both these had been pupils of Jean Jouvenet, and painted... Read full biography
Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays or Deshayes was a French painter of religious and mythological subjects. Deshays was born in Colleville. His first training was under his father, the minor Rouen painter Jean-Dominique Deshays, he then spent a little time under Jean-Baptiste Descamps at his Ecole Gratuite de Dessin. He spent time in Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont's Paris studio from around 1740 to 1749 and Jean Restout II's from late 1749 to 1751. Both these had been pupils of Jean Jouvenet, and painted in the Grand Style of French history painting, a style Deshays adopted as his own. While he was in Restout's studio, Deshays entered the Prix de Rome competition, winning second prize in 1750 with his painting Laban Giving his Daughter in Marriage... Read full biography
Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays or Deshayes was a French painter of religious and mythological subjects. Deshays was born in Colleville. His first training was under his father, the minor Rouen painter Jean-Dominique Deshays, he then spent a little time under Jean-Baptiste Descamps at his Ecole Gratuite de Dessin. He spent time in Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont's Paris studio from around 1740 to 1749 and Jean Restout II's from late 1749 to 1751. Both these had been pupils of Jean Jouvenet, and painted in the Grand Style of French history painting, a style Deshays adopted as his own. While he was in Restout's studio, Deshays entered the Prix de Rome competition, winning second prize in 1750 with his painting Laban Giving his Daughter in Marriage to Jacob. It also won the second prize in the Grand Prix de Rome, and his 1751 Job on the Dung-hill won the first priz... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Subject
- •Christian Religious Images: Saints, Angels, Nativity, Jesus
- •Church Decoration, Statues, Altarpieces, Frescoes
Awards/Recognition
- •Prix de Rome Prize
Added Description
- •Religious Subject Specialty
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons