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Marie-Éléonore Godefroid
Marie-Éléonore Godefroid (20 June 1778 in Paris – 1849), was a French painter, watercolorist, pastellist, and draughtswoman. Some of her major works include ''Portraits of the Children of Marshall Duke d'Enghien (1810), Portrait of Queen Hortense with her Children (1812), the Royal Princes, Portrait of the Princesses Louise and Marie d'Orléans,'' and ''Portrait of the Prince de Joinville.'' Godefroid is best known as a portrait painter. Biography Godefroid was born in Paris and was trained in the Davidian style of painting. She first studied art under her father, the royally-appointed art restorer Ferdinand-Joseph Godefroid. She would go on to become an instructor of arts and music at the Institute of Saint-Germain-en-Laye de Jeanne Campan, where young elite women of the Napoleonic period were trained. In 1795, she quit her post, however, to dedicate herself completely to painting. Around 1805, Godefroid joined the ''atelier'' of Baron François Gérard, with whom s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien-Léopold Boilly
Julien-Léopold Boilly (1796–1874), also known as Jules Boilly, was a French artist noted for his album of lithographs ''Iconographie de l'Institut Royal de France'' (1820–1821) and his booklet ''Album de 73 portraits-charge aquarellés des membres de l’Institut'' (1820) containing watercolor caricatures of seventy-three famous mathematicians, in particular the French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre, the only known portrait of him. Born in Paris on 30 August 1796, he was a son of the genial painter-engraver Louis-Léopold Boilly. Admitted to the ''lycée'' at Versailles 15 December 1806, he painted portraits and illustrated books with lithographs. He also collected autographs.Narisse 1898:44. He died on 14 June 1874. File:Cortege Boilly.jpg, alt=, Cortège de l'empereur de Chine File:François Adrien Boieldieu by Julien Boilly.jpg, alt=, François-Adrien Boieldieu François-Adrien Boieldieu (, also ) (16 December 1775 – 8 October 1834) was a French composer, mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
