Louis-Jacques Durameau (

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

, 5 October 1733-

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, 3 September 1796) was a French painter.

Life

A son of Jacques Durameau (master printer in intaglio) and Marie Rocou (or Rocan), he was intended for an engraver by his father and trained in drawing at the studio of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Defernex. He then entered the studio of

Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (6 March 1714 – 15 May 1789) was a French painter, draughtsman and administrator. Life He was a student of Charles-Joseph Natoire at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and painted a self-portrait in 17 ...

. In 1757, he won the Grand

prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

, with the subject ''Élie ressuscite le fils de la Sunamite''. He died at the age of 62 of a pulmonary congestion after a trip to Paris on foot.

References

* Marc Sandoz, ''Louis-Jacques Durameau, 1733-1796'', Éditart - Quatre Chemins, Paris, 1980 * Anne Leclair, ''Louis-Jacques Durameau, 1733-1796'',

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, Paris, 2001, * Anne Leclair, "Louis-Jacques Durameau et l'art de son temps", in '' L'Objet d'Art'', p. 383, September 2003 {{DEFAULTSORT:Durameau 1733 births 1796 deaths 18th-century French painters French male painters 18th-century French male artists