Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret

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Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret (born January 30, 1782 in Bordeaux , † February 21, 1863 in Paris ) was a French genre and history painter and lithographer .

Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret received his first training in his hometown from the painter Pierre Lacour (1785–1814). He then moved to Paris to work in the studios of François-André Vincent and Jacques-Louis David . There he was also influenced by François Marius Granet and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres .

Bergeret was also promoted by the director of the Louvre , Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon .

Bergeret was one of the first French lithographers. He began with reproductions of works by Nicolas Poussin and Raffael . Bergeret illustrated works by Nicolas Boileau , Jean de La Fontaine and Molière .

After four failures in the Prix ​​de Rome competition, he achieved a success at the Salon of 1806 with the historical painting depicting Raphael's funeral, which Napoleon bought for Malmaison Castle .

The success brought him further official orders, including a. for drawings for the reliefs of the Vendôme column in Paris.

He was also politically active. In 1848 he published a polemical work "Lettres d'un artiste sur l'état des arts en France, considerés sous les rapports politiques artistiques commerciaux et industriels" (letters from an artist on the state of art in France, considered among the political, artistic, commercial and industrial relations)

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SURNAME Bergeret, Pierre-Nolasque
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French genre and history painter and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1863
Place of death Paris