François Bouchot
François Bouchot (born November 29, 1800 in Paris , † February 7, 1842 there ) was a French history painter and engraver.
After his first lessons with the engraver Théodore Richomme , François Bouchot studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Jean-Baptiste Regnault and Guillaume Guillon-Lethière ,
In 1823 he won the Grand Prix of Rome after receiving second prize the previous year. His stay in Italy lasted seven years.
He was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1835 .
He carried out several commissions for King Louis-Philippe I , including “ The Second Battle of Zurich on September 25, 1799 ” (1837, in the Battle Gallery of the Palace of Versailles ). François Bouchot is also the author of the painting about the coup d'état of 18th Brumaire VIII .
He created a mural in the interior of the Paris Madeleine Church .
François Bouchot married Francesca, one of the daughters of the opera singer Luigi Lablache , who after his untimely death married the Austrian pianist Sigismund Thalberg .
literature
- H. Vollmer: Deshayes, Jean-Baptiste Henri . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 435 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Emmanuel Bénézit (founder): Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs , 3rd edition, Gründ, Paris 1976, vol. 2, p. 214
Web links
- François Bouchot. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bouchot, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French history painter and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1842 |
| Place of death | Paris |