Louis-Jacques Durameau (Paris, 5 October 1733- Versailles, 3 September 1796) was a French painter.
Louis-Jacques Durameau (Paris, 5 October 1733- Versailles, 3 September 1796) was a French painter.
A son of Jacques Durameau (master printer in intaglio) and Marie Rocou (or Rocan), he was intended for an engraver by his father and trained in drawing at the studio of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Defernex. He then entered the studio of Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre. In 1757, he won the Grand prix de Rome, with the subject Élie ressuscite le fils de la Sunamite. He died at the age of 62 of a pulmonary congestion after a trip to Paris on foot.
The Prix de Rome or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them to stay in Rome for three to five years at the expense of the state. The prize was extended to architecture in 1720, music in 1803, and engraving in 1804. The prestigious award was abolished in 1968 by André Malraux, the Minister of Culture, following the May 68 riots.
Joseph-Marie Vien was a French painter. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791.
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Events from the year 1733 in art.
Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin was a French miniature painter.
Events from the year 1796 in art.
Jean-Baptiste Forqueray, the son of Antoine Forqueray, was a player of the viol and a composer.
Jacques Aubert, also known as Jacques Aubert le Vieux, was a French composer and violinist of the Baroque period.
Arthena is a French Association pour la diffusion de l'histoire de l'art which regularly publishes art history books and most particularly catalogues.
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre was a French painter, draughtsman and administrator.
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The Galerie des Batailles is a gallery occupying the first floor of the aile du Midi of the Palace of Versailles, joining onto the grand and petit appartements de la reine. 120 m (390 ft) long and 13 m (43 ft) wide, it is an epigone of the grand gallery of the Louvre and was intended to glorify French military history from the Battle of Tolbiac to the Battle of Wagram.
Jean-Baptist Defernex was a French sculptor, best known for his portrait busts, most often of women.
Marie-Anne-Hyacinthe Horthemels was a French engraver, wife of the King's engraver Nicolas-Henri Tardieu.
Events from the year 1653 in France.
Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon was a 17th/18th-century French sculptor and architect.
The Lefebvre family was a family of famous organ builders in 17th and 18th century Normandy, France. The last name has occasionally been written as Lefèvre.
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