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

François Pompon (1855 - 1933)
François Pompon
1855 - 1933
Alexandre Isailoff (1869 - 1944)
Alexandre Isailoff
1869 - 1944
Georges Andriques (1874 - 1964)
Georges Andriques
1874 - 1964
Dimitri Dmitrievitch Bouchene (1898 - 1993)
Dimitri Dmitrievitch Bouchene
1898 - 1993
André Giroux (1801 - 1879)
André Giroux
1801 - 1879
Théophile Barrau (1848 - 1913)
Théophile Barrau
1848 - 1913
Marcel Mouly (1918 - 2008)
Marcel Mouly
1918 - 2008
Robert Laurent (1890 - 1970)
Robert Laurent
1890 - 1970
Lionel Percy Smythe (1839 - 1918)
Lionel Percy Smythe
1839 - 1918
Jean-François de Troy (1679 - 1752)
Jean-François de Troy
1679 - 1752
Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet (1791 - 1834)
Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet
1791 - 1834
Henri Bellery-Desfontaines (1867 - 1909)
Henri Bellery-Desfontaines
1867 - 1909
Hervé van der Straeten (1965)
Hervé van der Straeten
1965
Pierre Bismuth (1963)
Pierre Bismuth
1963
George Papazoff (1894 - 1972)
George Papazoff
1894 - 1972
Michel Seuphor (1901 - 1999)
Michel Seuphor
1901 - 1999

Creators Academism

Victor-Louis Mottez (1809 - 1897)
Victor-Louis Mottez
1809 - 1897
Theodor Hosemann (1807 - 1875)
Theodor Hosemann
1807 - 1875
Thomas Satterwhite Noble (1835 - 1907)
Thomas Satterwhite Noble
1835 - 1907
Robert Frank (1924 - 2019)
Robert Frank
1924 - 2019
Carlo Perindani (1899 - 1986)
Carlo Perindani
1899 - 1986
Abel-Dominique Boyé (1864 - 1933)
Abel-Dominique Boyé
1864 - 1933
Patrick Tuohy (1894 - 1930)
Patrick Tuohy
1894 - 1930
Eugène Etienne Sordet (1836 - 1915)
Eugène Etienne Sordet
1836 - 1915
Wilhelm Bernhard Benteli (1839 - 1924)
Wilhelm Bernhard Benteli
1839 - 1924
Jacob Gehrig (1846 - 1922)
Jacob Gehrig
1846 - 1922
Emil Barbarini (1855 - 1933)
Emil Barbarini
1855 - 1933
Harry Hall (1814 - 1882)
Harry Hall
1814 - 1882
Lorenz Frölich (1820 - 1908)
Lorenz Frölich
1820 - 1908
Elizabeth Thompson (1846 - 1933)
Elizabeth Thompson
1846 - 1933
Albert Thomas Jarvis Gilbert (1876 - 1927)
Albert Thomas Jarvis Gilbert
1876 - 1927
Pavel Efimovich Ab (1902 - 1974)
Pavel Efimovich Ab
1902 - 1974
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