François Desportes

Self-portrait in the picture "The painter as a hunter "

Alexandre-François Desportes (* 24. February 1661 in Champigneulles ; † 20th April 1743 in Paris ) was a French painter of the Rococo .

Life

Desportes was a student of the animal painter Bernaert Nicasius . He married in 1692. From 1694 to 1696 he stayed in Warsaw , where he was court painter to the Polish King John III. Sobieski was and worked as a portraitist for other nobles. Back in France he worked as a master of hunting pieces and still lifes , which he assembled from vegetables , fruits and venison . In 1699 he became a member of the Paris Academy . His animal still lifes show a strong influence by Dutch painters such as Frans Snyders . He also worked on decorative paintings for castles and drafts for portraits .

Gian Casper Bott : Still life . Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-922279-35-X , p. 60, para. 26 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Desportes, François
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Desportes, Alexandre-François (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French Rococo painter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 24, 1661
PLACE OF BIRTH	Champigneulles
DATE OF DEATH	April 20, 1743
Place of death	Paris