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

Jacob Christoph Le Blon (1667 - 1741)
Jacob Christoph Le Blon
1667 - 1741
Élisabeth Garouste (1946)
Élisabeth Garouste
1946
Claude Duret (1570 - 1611)
Claude Duret
1570 - 1611
Elisabeth Henriette Lorimier (1775 - 1854)
Elisabeth Henriette Lorimier
1775 - 1854
August Schenck (1828 - 1901)
August Schenck
1828 - 1901
Alfred Henry Maurer (1868 - 1932)
Alfred Henry Maurer
1868 - 1932
Georges Rouault (1871 - 1958)
Georges Rouault
1871 - 1958
Merry-Joseph Blondel (1781 - 1853)
Merry-Joseph Blondel
1781 - 1853
Nicolas Dorigny (1658 - 1746)
Nicolas Dorigny
1658 - 1746
Guy Joseph Marie de Villardi (1918 - 1977)
Guy Joseph Marie de Villardi
1918 - 1977
Matthias Maris (1839 - 1917)
Matthias Maris
1839 - 1917
Erwin Blumenfeld (1897 - 1969)
Erwin Blumenfeld
1897 - 1969
François Rude (1784 - 1855)
François Rude
1784 - 1855
Jean Richard Goubie (1842 - 1899)
Jean Richard Goubie
1842 - 1899
Jacques Dubois (1694 - 1763)
Jacques Dubois
1694 - 1763
John Goodwin Lyman (1886 - 1967)
John Goodwin Lyman
1886 - 1967

Creators Academism

František Štorek (1933 - 1999)
František Štorek
1933 - 1999
Jacobus Buys (1724 - 1801)
Jacobus Buys
1724 - 1801
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878 - 1939)
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
1878 - 1939
Otto von Faber du Faur (1828 - 1901)
Otto von Faber du Faur
1828 - 1901
Nikolai Evlampievich Bublikov (1871 - 1942)
Nikolai Evlampievich Bublikov
1871 - 1942
Anton Hlávacek (1842 - 1926)
Anton Hlávacek
1842 - 1926
Johann Friedrich Leberecht Reinhold (1744 - 1807)
Johann Friedrich Leberecht Reinhold
1744 - 1807
Carl Röchling (1855 - 1920)
Carl Röchling
1855 - 1920
Moisey Zeligovich Levin (1895 - 1946)
Moisey Zeligovich Levin
1895 - 1946
Frédéric-Auguste Cazals (1865 - 1941)
Frédéric-Auguste Cazals
1865 - 1941
Peter Philipp Rumpf (1821 - 1896)
Peter Philipp Rumpf
1821 - 1896
Gabriel Ritter von Hackl (1843 - 1926)
Gabriel Ritter von Hackl
1843 - 1926
Josef Schoyerer (1844 - 1923)
Josef Schoyerer
1844 - 1923
Conrad Freyberg (1842 - 1915)
Conrad Freyberg
1842 - 1915
Peter von Cornelius (1783 - 1867)
Peter von Cornelius
1783 - 1867
Alphonse Birck (1859 - 1944)
Alphonse Birck
1859 - 1944
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