Jean-Pierre Granger (11 March 1779, in

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– 1 December 1840, in Paris) was a French painter who worked in the Neo-Classical style. He is primarily known for portraits, history paintings and mythological scenes, but also created numerous religious works. Some sources incorrectly call him Jean-Perrin.

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His father was a glazier. At the age of six, he became a drum major in the "Régiment Royal-Bonbons", a children's branch of the

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which was intended to provide "manly, patriotic training", but also served as a form of amusement for the Dauphin. Two years later, his father made the acquaintance of Angélique Briceau (fl.1780-1800), a watercolorist who gave lessons to both of them. Shortly after, she married , who then gave them lessons in engraving. Granger worked as an engraver for seven years, but eventually felt constrained by the limits of that medium and entered the studios of

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to study oil painting. Four years later, he worked closely with

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.Biographical notes
@ the

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. In 1800, he was awarded the

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for his painting of Antiochus sending his son to Scipio. His colleague,

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, who came in second, accused David of using his influence on the jury. Jean-Pierre Granger Antiochus

While in Rome, he worked for

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, making sketches and paintings of the Prince's antiquities collection. He also began a portrait of Bonaparte's wife,

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, but he (and some others) found it unsatisfactory, so he turned it into a painting of an anonymous lady of the court. This portrait (now in the

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) pleased him so much that he married the model, Jeanne-Catherine Delaigle. He returned to Paris in 1812, and exhibited annually at the

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until his death, receiving medals in 1812, 1817 and 1820.Preview notes
@ the Oxford Index. His daughter, Eléonore Palmyre (1819-1874), a pianist of some note, married the writer

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. Her portrait was painted by Ingres, who had apparently gotten over his grudge and become her godfather. It is currently on display at the

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Portrait of Granger
by Ingres @ the

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Granger, Jean-Pierre 1779 births 1840 deaths French history painters French portrait painters Prix de Rome for painting Painters from Paris 19th-century French painters

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