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Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol (30 January 1785 in Valenciennes – 29 September 1861 in Paris) was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Emile Levy. He painted the ceiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre as well as the galerie de Diane at
File:César se rendant au sénat aux Ides de Mars.jpg,
File:Execution-of-Mary-Queen-of-Scots.jpg,
on Googlebooks
Analysis of the work 'Workshop of Abel de Pujol' by Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy
@ ArtCyclopedia 1787 births 1861 deaths 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters Officiers of the Légion d'honneur People from Valenciennes 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub
Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol (30 January 1785 in Valenciennes – 29 September 1861 in Paris) was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Emile Levy. He painted the ceiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre as well as the galerie de Diane at Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau (; ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the ''arrondissement ...
and the ceiling of the Bourse de Paris. A member of the Institut de France, he was an officer of the légion d'honneur.
Selected works
Students
*Julien Hudson
Julien Hudson (January 9, 1811 – 1844) was a 19th-century free man of color who lived in New Orleans. He was a successful painter and art teacher. He was thought to be the first African American by whom a self-portrait is known, however the L ...
, (1811–1844)
* François Debon, (1816–1872)
* Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy
Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy (1798–1869) was a French painter. She was a student of the painter Abel de Pujol (1787–1861), who had studied with Jacques-Louis David. In 1856, she married Pujol. Known for her genre and historical ...
, (1798–1869) who married him
* Auguste Désiré Saint-Quentin
Auguste Désiré Saint-Quentin (1838 in Valenciennes – 1906) was a French painter. Studying under Abel de Pujol, he painted the ceiling of the église Saint-Géry at Valenciennes and paintings for the église Saint-Martin at Sebourg in the V ...
, (1833–1906)
* Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, (1803–1860)
* Alphonse Lami
Alphonse Lami (22 June 1822, Paris-17 July 1867, Alexandria) was a French sculptor and Egyptologist of Italian descent.
Life
He was the son of François Lami (illegitimate son of prince Francesco Borghese) and Louise Hélène Heim (granddaughter ...
, (1822-1867)
Bibliography
*Théodore Pelloquet ''Dictionnaire de poche des artistes contemporains'' Paris 1858 * Georges Rouget ''Notice sur Abel de Pujol, peintre d'histoire, membre de l'Institut'' typ. de E. Prignet Paris 186on Googlebooks
External links
Analysis of the work 'Workshop of Abel de Pujol' by Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy
@ ArtCyclopedia 1787 births 1861 deaths 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters Officiers of the Légion d'honneur People from Valenciennes 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub