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1816 Lyon, France - 1882 Paris, France. Known for: Seasonal landscape painting, especially winter scenes, teaching.
A snow scene specialist and known for his sentimental and detailed views of Niagara Falls and New England and Virginia, Regis Francois Gignoux was born in Lyon, France, and studied at the Eçole des... Read full biography
A snow scene specialist and known for his sentimental and detailed views of Niagara Falls and New England and Virginia, Regis Francois Gignoux was born in Lyon, France, and studied at the Eçole des Beaux-Arts under Paul Delaroche. He chose snowscenes as his specialty to distinguish his work from... Read full biography
A snow scene specialist and known for his sentimental and detailed views of Niagara Falls and New England and Virginia, Regis Francois Gignoux was born in Lyon, France, and studied at the Eçole des Beaux-Arts under Paul Delaroche. He chose snowscenes as his specialty to distinguish his work from his other contemporary Hudson River Valley School painters. George Inness was one of his students. He first came to America in 1840 because of his interest in a woman, whom he later married. However, he... Read full biography
A snow scene specialist and known for his sentimental and detailed views of Niagara Falls and New England and Virginia, Regis Francois Gignoux was born in Lyon, France, and studied at the Eçole des Beaux-Arts under Paul Delaroche. He chose snowscenes as his specialty to distinguish his work from his other contemporary Hudson River Valley School painters. George Inness was one of his students. He first came to America in 1840 because of his interest in a woman, whom he later married. However, he was so taken with the scenery he decided to stay, and he received numerous commissions for his work which was in the precise academic style of that period. He settled in Brooklyn where he served as the first president of the Brooklyn Art... Read full biography
A snow scene specialist and known for his sentimental and detailed views of Niagara Falls and New England and Virginia, Regis Francois Gignoux was born in Lyon, France, and studied at the Eçole des Beaux-Arts under Paul Delaroche. He chose snowscenes as his specialty to distinguish his work from his other contemporary Hudson River Valley School painters. George Inness was one of his students. He first came to America in 1840 because of his interest in a woman, whom he later married. However, he was so taken with the scenery he decided to stay, and he received numerous commissions for his work which was in the precise academic style of that period. He settled in Brooklyn where he served as the first president of the Brooklyn Art Association. He was a member of the National Academy of Design with whom he exhibited. By 1870, he returne... Read full biography
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Keywords (43)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Hudson River School
- •Hudson River School Style of Painting
Art Subject
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Catskill Mountains, New York
- •Europe
- •France Before 1900
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Italy
- •Lake George, New York
- •Niagara Falls
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Switzerland
- •Virginia Before 1900
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Horace Vernet
- •Paul Delaroche
Art School
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •US Capitol Building, Washington DC
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Snowscene Specialty
- •Tenth Street Studio Building Resident, New York
Ethnicity of Artist
- •French
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts