François Devosge

François Devosge, François III Devosge or Claude François III (25 January 1732,

Gray, Haute-Saône Gray () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France. It has a population of 5,553 inhabitants (2019).Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

) was a French portraitist and history painter. Among his students were

François Rude François Rude (4 January 1784 – 3 November 1855) was a French sculptor, best known for the ''Departure of the Volunteers'', also known as ''La Marseillaise'' on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. (1835–36). His work often expressed patriotic the ...

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and Claude Hoin. He is best known for his work as the founder of the École de Dessin de Dijon. His son

Anatole Devosge Anatole Devosge (13 January 1770 – 8 December 1850) was a French painter.Devosge, Anatole. ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists'' (Oxford University Press; 2011) Life Born in Dijon, he was the son of painter François Devosge and grandson of scu ...

(1770–1850) was also a painter, whilst his father Claude François Devosge (1697–1777) was a sculptor and architect. 1732 births 1811 deaths People from Gray, Haute-Saône 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub