Paul Jean Flandrin
Paul Jean Flandrin (born May 28, 1811 in Lyon , † March 8, 1902 in Paris ) was a French landscape painter.
He was the younger brother of the painters Auguste Flandrin and Hippolyte Flandrin . In 1852 he married Aline-Agathe Desgoffe, daughter of the painter Alexandre Desgoffe (1805-1882), who bore him a son.
Paul Flandrin received his first painting lessons from the church painter Jean-André Magnin, landscape and animal painter Antoine Duclaux and from the sculptor Jean-François Legendre-Héral. From 1827 he studied at the École des beaux-arts de Lyon with Pierre Révoil. In 1829 he came to Paris with his brother Hippolyte Flandrin to the studio of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres .
He failed twice at the Prix de Rome, but joined his brother Hippolyte, who won this competition. They came to Italy and lived in Rome from 1833 to 1837 , where Paul specialized in landscape painting. In 1843 Paul visited North Africa.
From 1838 he showed his works in the salon of the Société des Artistes Français . He learned lithography from his brother Auguste.
In 1844 Paul Flandrin created wall paintings in the baptistery of the parish church of St. Severin in Paris . He also painted and drew portraits and caricatures.
He was buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery.
literature
- Hans Vollmer : Flandrin, Jean Paul . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 74-75 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Paul Flandrin. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- Paul Flandrin (1811–1902), un nuovo sguardo sul paesaggio dell'Ottocento (digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flandrin, Paul Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flandrin, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1902 |
| Place of death | Paris |