Paris 1774-Rome 1833
French painter. He won enthusiastic recognition in 1799 for his Marius Sextus (Louvre). A defender of the classicism of J. L. David, he became director of the École de Rome in 1822. He counted among his pupils Delacroix, G??ricault, and Ary Scheffer, who were to launch the romantic school. Related Paintings of Baron Pierre Narcisse Guerin :. | Henri de la Rochejaquelin | Dido and Aeneas | Aurora and Cephalus | Henri de la Rochejaqueli | Aeneas tells Dido the misfortunes of the Trojan city | Related Artists:
HUILLIOT, Pierre NicolasFrench painter (b. 1674, Paris, d. 1751, Paris
Ivan Vishnyakov1699-1761
Russian Ivan Vishnyakov Gallery
Russian painter. He trained at the Admiralty College under Vasily Gruzinets (1667-1739) and in 1727 joined the staff of the Office of Buildings with the rank of apprentice, working for a time under Louis Caravaque (1684-1754). In 1739 he became a Master and head of the Office department of paintings. He contributed to the monumental and decorative works, which he also supervised, in the palaces and churches of St Petersburg and environs, Moscow and Kiev, and in the decoration of triumphal arches in Moscow and St Petersburg.
Luca GordanoItalian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1634-1705