Pierre Prévost (7 December 1764 – 30 August 1823) was the first French
panorama painter.
Born in the city of
Montigny-le-Gannelon, he was a student of
Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. He died in Paris and is buried there in the
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Père Lachaise Cemetery (french: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise ; formerly , "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Notable figure ...
.
Panoramas
* ''View of Paris from the Tuileries'', with the help of
Constant Bourgeois, Denis Fontaine and Jean Mouchet
* ''The evacuation of Toulon by English in 1793''
* ''Panorama of Lyon''
* ''View of Amsterdam''
* ''Panorama of Rome''
* ''Panorama of Naples''
* ''Fleet at Boulogne preparing to invade England''
* ''View of the meeting between French and Russian Emperors at Tilsitt''
* ''Battle of Wagram''
* ''Panorama of Jerusalem''
* ''Panorama of Athens''
* ''
A Panoramic View of London, from the Tower of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster'', acquired by the
Museum of London
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in July 2018.
References
*
Michaud et
Michaud, ''Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne'', t. 36, Paris, L. G. Michaud, pp. 60–2.
* Louis du Chalard & Antoine Gautier, « Les panoramas orientaux du peintre Pierre Prévost (1764-1823) », in ''Orients, Bulletin de l'association des anciens élèves et amis des langues orientales'', juin 2010, pp. 85–108.
* Louis du Chalard & Antoine Gautier, « Le Panorama de Constantinople, anonyme 20 828 du musée du Louvre, dévoile une partie de ses secrets », in Orients, Bulletin de l'association des anciens élèves et amis des langues orientales'', juin 2011, p. 95-98.
* Bernard Comment, ''Le
XIXe siècle des panoramas, essai'', Adam Biro, 1993, pp. 18-22.
* Bernard Comment, ''The painted panoramas'', New-York, 1999, pp. 29–46.
* Les hommes illustres de l'Orléanais, 1852.
* Jean Prévost, ''Notice historique sur Montigny-le-Gannelon'', Châteaudun, 1852.
*
John Gorton
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, ''General Biographical Dictionary'', 1833, volume II.
* Dictionnaire général des lettres des beaux-arts et des sciences,
Théodore Bachelet, 1862, vol. II, p. 1364.
* Biografia degli artisti, 1836.
External links
Panorama de Constantinople Collections,
Louvre
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1764 births
People from Eure-et-Loir
1823 deaths
18th-century French painters
19th-century French painters
French male painters
Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
19th-century French male artists
18th-century French male artists
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