Félix Henri Giacomotti
Félix Henri Giacomotti (born November 18, 1828 in Quingey , Doubs department , France , † May 10, 1909 in Besançon ) was a French painter of Italian descent.
Giacomotti attended the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris at the age of 18 and was a student of the history painter François-Édouard Picot . In 1851 he received second prize in the Prix de Rome competition, and in 1854 the grand prize of this competition, which was linked to a stay of several years in Rome . In order to be able to take up this scholarship, he took on French citizenship. Returning to Paris in 1861, he devoted himself primarily to portraits of women and paintings of a religious and mythological nature, which he executed in an elegant and at times erotic style.
Giacomotti was the museum director in Besançon .
His main works are:
- Nymph and satyr
- The Rape of the Amymons (1855)
- Saint Hippolytus dragged by horses
- Christ blesses the children
- Christ teaches in the temple
- A sleeping Roman
- Venus Disarmed Cupid (1873)
- The Walk to Golgotha (1875)
- The Glorification of Rubens and Painting (1878) as a ceiling painting for a room in the Musée du Luxembourg (Paris)
He also did portraits and decorative paintings.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Giacomotti, Félix Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Quingey , Doubs , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1909 |
| Place of death | Besançon |