Jean-Baptiste François Desoria (1758 – 1832), was a French painter.
Biography
He was born in
Paris
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and trained with
Jean Bernard Restout.
[Jean-Baptiste François Desoria]
in the RKD
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He painted in the
neoclassical style
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and became the teacher of
Auguste Dominique Mennessier.
[
He died in ]Cambrai
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, France in 1832.
References
External links
Jean-Baptiste François Desoria
on Artnet
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1758 births
1832 deaths
18th-century French painters
French male painters
Painters from Paris
19th-century French painters
19th-century French male artists
18th-century French male artists
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