Louis Boulanger
Louis Boulanger (* 11. March 1806 in Vercelli , Piedmont , † 7. March 1867 in Dijon ) was a French painter of romanticism .
Live and act
Boulanger, the son of French parents, entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1821 and was a student of Guillon-Lethières and Eugène Devérias . From 1827 to 1864 he exhibited at the Salon de Paris . Accompanied by Alexandre Dumas the Elder, he went on a trip to Tunisia.
In 1860 he was appointed director of the École des Beaux-Arts in Dijon.
Louis Boulanger died in Dijon in 1867 at the age of 60.
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Close friends with Victor Hugo , he created a series of illustrations for his works and also took the motifs for several paintings from his and Chateaubriand's poems (Lucrezia Borgia and Velledas Träumereien), just as Victor Hugo dedicated numerous poems to him.
Other well-known works are:
- 1827: Mazeppa
- 1836: The triumph of Petrarch
- 1859: Macbeth
- 1861: The Witches' Sabbath
literature
- Théophlie Gautier: Histoire du romantisme . Charpentier, Paris 1874.
- Aristide Marie: Le peintre poète Louis Boulanger (La vie et l'art romantiques). Floury, Paris 1925.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boulanger, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vercelli |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1867 |
| Place of death | Dijon |