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

Pierre Cartellier (1757 - 1831)
Pierre Cartellier
1757 - 1831
Hervé van der Straeten (1965)
Hervé van der Straeten
1965
Léon Carré (1878 - 1942)
Léon Carré
1878 - 1942
Lado Gudiashvili (1896 - 1980)
Lado Gudiashvili
1896 - 1980
Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744 - 1818)
Anne Vallayer-Coster
1744 - 1818
Mark Matveyevich Antokolsky (1840 - 1902)
Mark Matveyevich Antokolsky
1840 - 1902
Jean Fautrier (1898 - 1964)
Jean Fautrier
1898 - 1964
Nicolas de Staël (1914 - 1955)
Nicolas de Staël
1914 - 1955
Marie-Victoire Lemoine (1754 - 1820)
Marie-Victoire Lemoine
1754 - 1820
Nicholas Ricoeur (1750 - 1787)
Nicholas Ricoeur
1750 - 1787
Jules Robert Auguste (1789 - 1850)
Jules Robert Auguste
1789 - 1850
Marguerite Jeanne Carpentier (1886 - 1965)
Marguerite Jeanne Carpentier
1886 - 1965
Claude Charles Saunier (1735 - 1807)
Claude Charles Saunier
1735 - 1807
Tim Eitel (1971)
Tim Eitel
1971
Peter Klasen (1935)
Peter Klasen
1935
Étienne Colaud (Collault) ()
Étienne Colaud (Collault)

Creators Academism

Wilhelm August Wrage (1861 - 1942)
Wilhelm August Wrage
1861 - 1942
Otto Sonnleitner (1906 - 1985)
Otto Sonnleitner
1906 - 1985
Reinholdt Nielsen (1891 - 1984)
Reinholdt Nielsen
1891 - 1984
Godfred Christensen (1845 - 1928)
Godfred Christensen
1845 - 1928
Mogens Ballin (1871 - 1914)
Mogens Ballin
1871 - 1914
Arthur Degner (1888 - 1972)
Arthur Degner
1888 - 1972
George Dawe (1781 - 1829)
George Dawe
1781 - 1829
Carl Ludwig Fahrbach (1835 - 1902)
Carl Ludwig Fahrbach
1835 - 1902
Serafin Avendano (1838 - 1916)
Serafin Avendano
1838 - 1916
William Stanley Haseltine (1835 - 1900)
William Stanley Haseltine
1835 - 1900
Wilhelm Thielmann (1868 - 1924)
Wilhelm Thielmann
1868 - 1924
Georg Wilhelm Volkhart (1815 - 1876)
Georg Wilhelm Volkhart
1815 - 1876
Allan Rohan Crite (1910 - 2007)
Allan Rohan Crite
1910 - 2007
Arnold Huggler (1894 - 1988)
Arnold Huggler
1894 - 1988
Paul Buchholz (1868 - 1930)
Paul Buchholz
1868 - 1930
Friedrich Eduard Traffelet (1897 - 1954)
Friedrich Eduard Traffelet
1897 - 1954
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