Jean François Gigoux (6 January 1806,

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– 11 December 1894,

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) was a French painter,

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, illustrator and art collector.

Biography

His father, Claude Étienne Gigoux, was a blacksmith, originally from

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(

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of Paris in 1828, where he studied with

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and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, who helped him finance a study trip to Italy. In 1831, he had his debut at the Salon. In 1833, he became a contributor to '' Le Magasin pittoresque''. Two years later, he created several hundred

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s for ''

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'' by Alain-René Lesage, which brought him a great deal of notoriety. He was named a Chevalier in the

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in 1842. Several of his students became well-known; notably Henri Baron,

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and François-Louis Français. Despite his professional successes, he may be best remembered for taking

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, the widow of

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, as his mistress. He died in Paris in 1894, having bequeathed more than 3000 drawings and 460 paintings to the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, making him one of their four principal donors.Alexandre Estignard, ''Jean Gigoux, sa vie, ses œuvres ses collections'', Besançon, Delagrande-Louys, 1895, illustré de 22 phototypies. A monument has been erected at his tomb in the Champs-Bruley cemetery in Besançon.Henry Jouin, ''Jean Gigoux : Artistes et gens de lettres de l'époque romantique'', Collection XIX, 2016, A retrospective exhibit of his work was held at the

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in 2007–2008. His works may also be seen at the

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, the Musée des beaux-arts de Chambéry,

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and the

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