Firmin Massot
Firmin Massot (born May 5, 1766 in Geneva , † May 16, 1849 there , reformed , resident in Geneva) was a Swiss portrait and genre painter .
Life
Firmin Massot was born in Geneva on May 5, 1766 as the son of the master watchmaker and watch dealer André Massot and Marie-Catherine, née Boisdechêne. In 1778 Massot enrolled at the drawing school in Geneva and received his training from the painters Louis-Ami Arlaud and Jean-Etienne Liotard .
From 1787 to 1788 he toured Italy . From 1789 he exhibited in the Geneva salons. In 1790 Massot received the Grand Prize for Nature Paintings from the Société des Arts of Geneva. From 1792 to 1800 he worked as a portrait painter together with his childhood friends Jacques-Laurent Agasse and Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer . In addition, Massot was appointed deputy president of the drawing committee of the Société des Arts and was appointed director of the Geneva drawing school from 1798 . In 1800 Massot was accepted as a member of the Société des Arts.
In 1807 he stayed in Paris , in 1812 in Lyon and from 1828 to 1829 in Great Britain and exhibited in London in 1830 and 1836 and in Lyon in 1833. In 1844 Firmin Massot was made an honorary member of the Société des Arts.
Firmin Massot, who had been married to Anne-Louise, the daughter of the watchmaker Samuel Mégevand, since 1795, died on May 16, 1849 a few days after he had turned 83 in Geneva.
Act
Firmin Massot, who, along with Louis-Ami Arlaud and Jean-Etienne Arlaud, is one of the most important representatives of the Geneva School , created portraits of Geneva authorities and their families as well as of foreigners in Geneva, such as Madame de Staël , Madame Récamier , Empress Joséphine and ambassadors William Wickham. He also appeared as a genre painter.
literature
- Valérie Louzier-Gentaz: Massot, Firmin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Art, 2 volumes, 1998, p. 686 f .;
Web links
- Firmin Massot on the website of artnet.de
- Valérie Louzier-Gentaz: Massot, Firmin. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Massot, Firmin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss portrait and genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1849 |
| Place of death | Geneva |