Achille Etna Michallon
Achille Etna Michallon (born October 22, 1796 in Paris , † September 24, 1822 there ) was a French painter and one of the most famous landscape painters of his time.
Life
Achille Etna Michallon was born on October 22, 1796 as the son of the sculptor Claude Michallon (1751–1799) in Paris. After losing his father at an early age and his mother in 1813, he grew up with his uncle - the sculptor Guillaume Francin (1741-1830). Michallon also tended to the arts and began training in painting as a student of Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) and Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes (1750–1819).
In 1817 he won with his painting Democritus and the Abderites the first scholarship for landscape painting of the Prix de Rome and studied from 1818 for more than two years at the French Academy in Rome ( French Academy in Rome ). He also traveled to the southern Italian kingdom of the two Sicilies and visited Pompeii and Sicily , among others .
In 1821 Michallon returned to Paris and gave painting lessons himself - Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot is said to have been among his students . Numerous important personalities were among the admirers of his art - including Duchess Maria Carolina von Berry (1798–1870). Achille Etna Michallon died on 24 September 1822 at the age of only 26 years in Paris at a pneumonia .
gallery
" The Forum of Pompeii "
" The woman struck by lightning " (" La femme foudroyée ")
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michallon, Achille Etna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1822 |
| Place of death | Paris |