Léon Cogniet

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French painter (1794–1880)

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::summary French painter (1794–1880) ::

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nameLéon Cogniet
imageLéon Cogniet self-portrait 1818.jpg
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captionLéon Cogniet. Self-portrait, c. 1818
birth_nameLéon Cogniet
birth_date29 August 1794
birth_placeParis, France
death_date20 November 1880 (aged 86)
death_placeParis, France
fieldPainting
trainingPierre-Narcisse Guérin
movementRomanticism
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Léon Cogniet (29 August 1794 – 20 November 1880) was a French history and portrait painter. He is probably best remembered as a teacher, with more than one hundred students, some of them notable.

Biography

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He was born in Paris. His father was a painter and wallpaper designer. In 1812, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-arts, where he studied with Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. He also worked in the studios of Jean-Victor Bertin. After failing an attempt to win the Prix de Rome in 1816, he won the following year with his depiction of Helen Rescued by Castor and Pollux and received a stipend to study at the French Academy in Rome until 1822. Before leaving, he had his first exhibition at the Salon.

In 1827, he created a series of murals on the life of Saint Stephen for the church of Saint-Nicholas-des-Champs. From 1833 to 1835, he painted a scene from Napoleon's expedition to Egypt on one of the ceilings at the Louvre. Between 1840 and 1860, he operated a popular painting workshop for women, directed by his sister Marie Amélie and one of his students, Catherine Caroline Thévenin (1813–1892), who later became his wife. After 1843, he concentrated almost entirely on teaching, with an occasional portrait. After 1855, he essentially gave up painting.

After 1831, he taught design at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He also taught at the École polytechnique from 1847 to 1861. In 1851, he was appointed a Professor at the École des Beaux-arts, a position he held until 1863, when he retired, slowly giving up his private students and becoming more reclusive.

He died forgotten in the 10th arrondissement of Paris in 1880 and is interred at Père-Lachaise.

His sister was the painter Marie Amélie Cogniet.

Selected works

History paintings:

Portraits:

Gallery

File:Cogniet Castor et Pollux.JPG|Helen Rescued by Castor and Pollux, 1817 File:Léon Cogniet - The Artist in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome - 1978.51 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tiff|The Artist in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome, 1817 File:Léon Cogniet - Massacre of the Innocents.jpg|Massacre of the Innocents, 1824 File:Leon coignet The Italian Brigand s Wife.jpg|The Italian Brigand's Wife, 1826 File:Leon Cogniet - Rebecca and Brian de Bois-Guilbert WLC WLC P279.jpg|Rebecca and Brian de Bois-Guilbert, 1828 File:Léon Cogniet. Scene of July 1830 (‘Scène de Juillet 1830’ - 'Les drapeaux'), 1830.jpg|Scenes of July 1830, 1830 File:Jean-François Champollion, by Léon Cogniet.jpg|Jean-François Champollion, 1831 File:Léon Cogniet - La Garde nationale de Paris.jpg|The National Guard of Paris Departs for the Army, 1834 File:Leon Cogniet - L Expedition D Egypte Sous Les Ordres De Bonaparte.jpg|The Egyptian Expedition Under the Command of Bonaparte, ceiling at the Louvre, 1835 File:Cogniet - Nicolas-Joseph Maison (1771-1840) - MV 1168.jpg|Portrait of Nicolas Joseph Maison, 1835 File:Cogniet Leon Bataille D Heliopolis.jpg|The Battle of Heliopolis, 1837 File:Bataille du mont-thabor.jpg|The Battle of Mount Tabor, 1838

Pupils

Among his numerous students were:

Notes

References

References

  1. Grunchec, P. (1985). ''The Grand Prix de Rome: Paintings from the École des Beaux-Arts, 1797-1863''. Washington, DC: International Exhibitions Foundation. p. 66. {{ISBN. 0883970759.
  2. Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Cogniet, Leon", Encyclopedia Americana

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