Jean-Louis de Marne (1752-24 March 1829) was a French painter.

Biography

Born at

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in 1752, pupil of

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, Jean-Louis de Marne died at

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near

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on March 24, 1829. He went to Paris at the age of 12 after the death of his father, who had been in Brussels as an officer in the service of the

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. Essayed first, historical subjects, then landscape of the classic and severe order. He had more success with paintings into which animals were introduced and with genre pieces. He concentrated on landscape and

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, in which he was greatly influenced by such 17th century Dutch masters as

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, the van Ostade brothers,

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, all artists enjoying a tremendous vogue and high prices in Paris at that time. His realist landscapes also meet Lazare Bruandet or Georges Michel paintings. On March 27, 1806, an official letter of

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, general director of the Napoleon museum, informed him that the Emperor had chosen him to paint the ''Entrevue de Napoléon et de Pie VII dans la forêt de Fontainebleau, le 24 novembre 1804'', 1808, national museum of

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J.-L. de Marne was made an associate of the Académie Royale in 1783 but did not become a full member. He seems to have cared little for official honours and later, in 1815, was unwilling to seek membership of the Institut de France. He was, however, awarded the

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on April 23, 1828.
His best period was between 1792 and 1808.

Notes

* Watelin Jacques, ''le peintre J.-L. de Marne'', La Bibliothèque des Arts, édition originale, Paris-Lausanne, 1962 * Wallace Collection London * Encyclopedia Larousse *

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