Jean Bonvoisin (1752–1837) was a French painter.

Life

He was born in Paris. His father was an art dealer and his mother was an artist. Bonvoisin studied under

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and then under Gabriel-François Doyen. In 1774 he won second prize in the

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(first prize that year went to Jacques-Louis David), then in 1775 he won first prize with ''Haman confounded by Esther before Ahasuerus'', beating

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. Under the

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he and Wicar administrated the central museum of arts (what would become the

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) and members of the temporary arts commission. On the Bourbon Restoration he became professor in the École Royale Gratuite de Dessin at Saint-Quentin.

Sources

*Journal des artistes : Volume 1, 1838 ''Nécrologie'' page 27
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*Bucely d'Estrée ''Notice sur Mr Bonvoisin'' Mémoires de la Société académique des sciences, arts, belles-lettres, agriculture et industrie de Saint-Quentin 1839 page 24
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