Biographies : 3
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BiographyCHENIER, Marie-Joseph-Blaise de
Marie-Joseph Chénier was born in Constantinople (modern day Turkey) on 28 August, 1764, fourth son of Louis Chenier, French consul in the city and Elisabeth Santi-Lomaca. He died in Paris on 11 January, 1811. He began his career in the army as a sous-lieutenant in the regiment Lescure-Dragons in Niort, but he soon give this […]
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BiographyDENON, Dominque Vivant
Denon, one of the key figures in the artistic world of the First Empire, was born in Givry, near to Châlons-sur-Sâone in Franche Comté, 4 January 1747 into a family of the lesser nobility. At eighteen he went to Paris to study not only law (his parents wanted him to be a magistrate) but also […]
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BiographyLAFITTE, Louis
Louis Lafitte was born in Paris on 15 November, 1770. He was initially pupil to the engraver Gilles Antoine Demarteau (1750-1802), later going on to study under the painter Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754-1829), and in 1791 he won the Premier Prix de Rome for his composition on the subject Regulus returning to Carthage. His time in […]