Curated category
18th-century French male artists
- François BouchotFrançois Bouchot entered the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris during a period of intense artistic competition. His primary instructors included Jean-Baptiste…
- Jacques-Louis DavidJacques-Louis David was born on the 30th of August 1748 into a prosperous family in Paris. When he was about nine years old, his father died in a duel.
- Jean-Baptiste DebretJean-Baptiste Debret was born on the 18th of April 1768 in Paris. He studied at the French Academy of Fine Arts under Jacques-Louis David, a great painter…
- Antoine-Jean GrosAntoine-Jean Gros entered the world on the 16th of March 1771 in Paris. His father Jean-Antoine Gros worked as a miniature painter while his mother…
- Horace VernetÉmile Jean-Horace Vernet entered the world on the 30th of June 1789 inside the Paris Louvre. His parents stayed there during the French Revolution to house…
- François GérardFrançois Pascal Simon Gérard entered the world on the 4th of May 1770 in Rome. His father held a post within the house of the French ambassador there.
- Louis Carrogis CarmontelleLouis Carrogis Carmontelle was born in Paris on the 15th of August 1717. His father worked as a bootmaker, placing the family in modest circumstances.