Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815 - 1891)

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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier was a 19th-century French artist. He was one of the most sought-after and highly paid artists of France of his era.

Ernest Meissonier is known as a major master of historical painting as well as of the genre of life and portraiture. He was also a sought-after sculptor, printmaker, and book illustrator.

Meissonier's work was highly valued by his contemporaries, and his paintings were very popular with the public, and their value often ran into hundreds of thousands of francs. Ernest Meissonier had authority in the French artistic community, so he often headed the jury at national and international exhibitions.

Date and place of birt:21 february 1815, Lyon, France
Date and place of death:31 january 1891, Paris, France
Nationality:France
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Artist, Illustrator, Painter, Sculptor
Genre:Genre art, Military art, Portrait
Art style:Academism, Realism

Creators France

Léon Cogniet (1794 - 1880)
Léon Cogniet
1794 - 1880
François Rude (1784 - 1855)
François Rude
1784 - 1855
Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721 - 1820)
Charles-Louis Clérisseau
1721 - 1820
Guillaume Voiriot (1713 - 1799)
Guillaume Voiriot
1713 - 1799
Édouard Joseph Dantan (1848 - 1897)
Édouard Joseph Dantan
1848 - 1897
Victor Gabriel Gilbert (1847 - 1933)
Victor Gabriel Gilbert
1847 - 1933
Suzanne Ramié (1905 - 1974)
Suzanne Ramié
1905 - 1974
Théodore Cériez (1832 - 1904)
Théodore Cériez
1832 - 1904
Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754 - 1829)
Jean-Baptiste Regnault
1754 - 1829
Francis Giacobetti (1939)
Francis Giacobetti
1939
Andre Sornay (1902 - 2000)
Andre Sornay
1902 - 2000
Pierre Zender (1738)
Pierre Zender
1738
Charles de Groux (Degroux) (1825 - 1870)
Charles de Groux (Degroux)
1825 - 1870
Nicolas Trigault (1577 - 1628)
Nicolas Trigault
1577 - 1628
Raoul Hausmann (1886 - 1971)
Raoul Hausmann
1886 - 1971
Jacques Barraband (1768 - 1809)
Jacques Barraband
1768 - 1809

Creators Academism

Tom Hunter (1965)
Tom Hunter
1965
Larry Sultan (1946 - 2009)
Larry Sultan
1946 - 2009
Ferdinand Laufberger (1829 - 1881)
Ferdinand Laufberger
1829 - 1881
François Reynaud (1825 - 1909)
François Reynaud
1825 - 1909
Raphaël Collin (1850 - 1916)
Raphaël Collin
1850 - 1916
Wilhelm Schmurr (1878 - 1959)
Wilhelm Schmurr
1878 - 1959
David Gilmour Blythe (1815 - 1865)
David Gilmour Blythe
1815 - 1865
Klavdiia Vasilevna Gorbashova (1927)
Klavdiia Vasilevna Gorbashova
1927
Michael Zeno Diemer (1867 - 1939)
Michael Zeno Diemer
1867 - 1939
Johann Othmar Döbeli (1874 - 1922)
Johann Othmar Döbeli
1874 - 1922
Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev (1811 - 1837)
Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev
1811 - 1837
Ivan Mikhailovich Karpov (1898 - 1970)
Ivan Mikhailovich Karpov
1898 - 1970
Francesc Miralles y Galaup (1848 - 1901)
Francesc Miralles y Galaup
1848 - 1901
Albert Christian Friedrich Woebcke (1896 - 1980)
Albert Christian Friedrich Woebcke
1896 - 1980
Vera Mikhailovna Ermolaeva (1893 - 1937)
Vera Mikhailovna Ermolaeva
1893 - 1937
Paul Hermann Schoedder (1887 - 1971)
Paul Hermann Schoedder
1887 - 1971