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Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort (28 August 1793 – 24 December 1861) was a French artist who painted in both oil and water colours. The French King
Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort (28 August 1793 – 24 December 1861) was a French artist who painted in both oil and water colours. The French King Louis-Philippe
Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate List of French monarchs#House of Orléans, July Monarchy (1830–1848), monarch of France.
As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, h ...
commissioned several of his works.
Biography
In 1842, Fort exhibited four canvases of battles and sieges at theSalon
Salon may refer to:
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* Beauty salon, a venue for cosmetic treatments
* French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home
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. They had been ordered by King Louis-Philippe for the " musée historique de Versailles". In the following year, he was commissioned to produce a view of the royal residence (''View of the Palace of Compiègne'' (1843)).
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1793 births 1861 deaths 19th-century French painters French male painters French watercolourists 19th-century French male artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub